BIRD HIGHLIGHTS. DATES May 9 th to 18 th 2016

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1 Birdwatching Holidays in Spain, Morocco & more BOLETAS Birdwatching centre Loporzano (Huesca) Spain tel/fax or e.mail: // Esther Diago Millán - NIF K BIRD HIGHLIGHTS TOUR Pyrenees and Ebro Delta DATES May 9 th to 18 th 2016 Party: Val Ridgard, Mike Ridgard, Neal Hutchin, Marjorie Hutchin, Susan Jenkins, Howard Jenkins Tour Leader : Josele j Saiz & Fernando Carmena Total Number of Species : 148 Day Day Day Day Day Day Day Day Day Day Weather & Sites: Rainny and Cold 12ºC Barcelona airport Llobregat Delta - El pas - Loporzano Sun & Clouds 19ºC Loporzano- River Flumen Vadiello Loreto Reservoir Sun with Showers 12ºC Montearagon Castle Alquezar - San Vicente Ainsa - Nerin Some sun but rain and rain 12ºC Nerín Oprdesa National Park - Lamiana Sunny & Cloudy 16ºC Nerin Ordesa National Park Jaca San Juan Peña - Siresa Cloudy and rainy 12ºC Salto de la Viaja Selva de Oza Hecho Village Sunny & Windy 25ºC Siresa- Ontiñena Plains Candasnos Belchite Reserve Sunny but windy 22ºC Belchite Reserve Saladas de Alcañiz Ebro Delta Natural Park Sunny pleasant 20ªC South and North Bank of the Ebro delta River Sunny 26ºC Ebro Delta Barcelona airport

2 0 English Name Scientific name Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus x x Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis x x Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo x Grey Heron Ardea cinerea x x x x 5 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea x x x x 6 7 Little Egret Egretta garzetta x x Great Egret Egretta alba x x 8 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis x x x x 9 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides x x Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax x x Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus x Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus x x White Stork Ciconia ciconia x x x x Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber x Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna x Mallard Anas platyrhynchos x x x x x Gadwall Anas strepèra x Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina x Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus x x x x x x Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus x x x x Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus x x x x x x x x European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus x Red Kite Milvus milvus x x x x x x Black Kite Milvus migrans x x x x x x x x Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus x x x Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos x x Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus x x Common Buzzard Buteo buteo x x x x x x Western or Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus x x x x x Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus x Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus x Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo x Common or Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus x x x x x x x 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa x x

3 35 Common Coot Fulica atra x x Purple Swamphen Porphyrula porphyrula x Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus x x x Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta x Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus x x x Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula x x Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius X Kentish or Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus X x x Dunlin Calñidris alpina x x Common Redshank Tringa totanus x Common Sandpiper Tringa hipoleucos x Stone Curlew Burhinus Oedicnemis x Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola x x Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus x x x Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis x x x x x Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii x x x Slender-billed Gull Larus genei x Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica x x x Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis x x Common Tern Sterna hirundo x x Little Tern Sterna albifrons x x Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus x x Feral Pigeon Columba livia feral x x x x x x x x x Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus x x x x x x Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto x x x x x x Common or Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus h h h h Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo x Little Owl Athene noctua x Common Swift Apus apus x x x x x x x x x Alpine Swift Apus melba x European Bee-eater Merops apiaster x x x h x x Roller Coracias Garrullus x x Eurasian or Common Hoopoe Upupa epops x x x Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla H x 69 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major h

4 70 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius H Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis h h h Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra x x Dupònt s Lark Chersophilus dupontii X Wood Lark or Woodlark Lullula arborea x Crested Lark Galerida cristata x x x x x Thekla Lark Galerida theklae x x x x Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla x x Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens x x Eurasian Crag-Martin Hirundo rupestris x x x x x x x Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica x x x x x x x x x Northern House-Martin Delichon urbica x x x x x x x x x Sand Martin Riparia riparia x Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris x x White Wagtail Motacilla alba x x x Blue-headed or Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava; x Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea x x x Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio x Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator senator; x x x Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis x Hedge Accentor or Dunnock Prunella modularis x x Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus x x x Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus x x Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis h x Savi s Warbler Locustela luscinoides x Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti h h h Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta x Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis x x H Garden Warbler Sylvia borin H Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla x x x h Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala h x h x x Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans x Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli x h x x Common or Eurasian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita h 104 Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus x

5 105 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata x x Common Stonechat Saxicola rubicola x x x x x Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis x Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius x Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe x x Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica x x x x x Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura x Common Redstart Phoenicorus phxoenicorus x Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros x x x x European Robin Erithacus rubecula x x Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos x x h h h Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus x x Song Thrush Turdus philomelos x x Eurasian or Common Blackbird Turdus merula x x x x x x x x x Penduline Tit Aegithalos caudatus x h Crested Tit Parus cristatus x x European Blue Tit Parus caeruleus h x x x Coal Tit Parus ater x x x Great Tit Parus major x x h x x Marsh Tit Parus palustris x Nuthatch Sitta europaea h Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla x x h Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes h h x Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius x x x Eurasian Magpie Pica pica x x x x x x x x Common or Northern Raven Corvus corax x x x x x x Carrion Crow Corvus corone x x x x x Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula x Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax x x x x x x x House Sparrow Passer domesticus x x x x x x x x x Eurasian Tree-Sparrow Passer montanus x Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor x x x x x x x x Eurasian Golden-Oriole Oriolus oriolus x Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs x x x x x 139 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula x

6 140 European Serin Serinus serinus x x x x x x x x x European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis x x x x x European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris x x x x Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina x x x Red or Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra x Rock Sparrow or Petronia Petronia petronia x x x Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra x x x x x Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus x h Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana x x Other sightings BUTTERFLIES Brimstone Painted Lady Marbled White Clowded Yellow Large White Cleopatra Orange Tip Wall Brown Orange Tip REPTILIANS AND AMPHIBIANS Common Frog Green Frog Slow Worm MAMMALS Red Deer Chamois Red Squirrel Rabbit Wild Board ORCHIDS Bee Orchid Oprys Speculata Elder Flower Orchid Early Purple Orchid

7 Bird or Moment of the tour Val Ridgard, - Rock Trush Mike Ridgard, - Slender-billed Gull Neal Hutchin, Slender-billed Gull Marjorie Hutchin, Short Toed Eagle Susan Jenkins, Rock Trush Howard Jenkins - Avocet Josele Saiz - Slender-billed Gull Fernando Carmena Golden Eagle Pictures by Josele J Saiz

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