Trip Report: Spain (2025-03-01 - 2025-03-12)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Andalucia
Bonanza
Guadalmesi
Bolonia
Bolonia Hillside
Cueva de la Pileta
Cueva de la Pileta
Cordoba
Toledo
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala) - Male
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
Eurasian Penduline-Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) - 1st Winter
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
Eurasian Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
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Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Andalucia
Bonanza
Guadalmesi
Bolonia
Bolonia Hillside
Cueva de la Pileta
Cueva de la Pileta
Cordoba
Toledo
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala) - Male
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
Eurasian Penduline-Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) - 1st Winter
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
Eurasian Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
We spent 9 days based in Tarifa followed by transit visits en route to Barcelona
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (129 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Darkling Beetles
- Darkling Beetle (Pimelia fairmairii)
Phylum: Chordates
(128 records)
Class: Birds
(127 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(12 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
- White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
- Western Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(10 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
- Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
- Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
- Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Common Swift (Apus apus)
- Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(26 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Grebes
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Order: Perching Birds
(50 records)
- Family: Accentors
- Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Bush Warblers and Allies
- Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- European Serin (Serinus serinus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Eurasian Penduline-Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
- Dartford Warbler (Curruca undata)
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
- Family: Swallows
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Eurasian Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
- European Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis rufula)
- Western House-Martin (Delichon urbicum)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(10 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
- Family: Plovers
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
- Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Bent-wing Bats
- Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)