Birding Axarquia

COTA DONANA Visit – 5 to 8 April 2011

Members of Group:

Gerry Collins
Janet Dixon
David Hird & Juliet Butterworth
Lesley & Ian Laver
Eric & Pat Lyon

Stephen & Elena Powell
Patrick Raines
David Richardson
Bryan Stapley
Helen Wallbank
Bob & Jenny Wright

Birds seen:

Ducks (Anseriformes)
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Shoveler
Pochard
Red-crested Pochard
White-headed Duck
Partridges (Galliformes)
Red-legged Partridge
Quail
Grebes (Podicipediformes)
Black-necked Grebe
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorants (Pelecaniformes)
Great Cormorant
Herons & Storks (Ciconiiformes)
Little Bittern
Night Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
White Stork
Black Stork
Glossy Ibis
Spoonbill
Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes)
Greater Flamingo
Raptors (Falconiformes)
Griffon Vulture
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Short-toed eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli’s Eagle
Red  Kite
Black Kite
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Buzzard
Black-winged Kite
Kestrel
Lesser Kestrel
Coots & Bustards (Gruiformes)
Moorhen
Coot
Red-knobbed Coot
Purple Swamphen
Great Bustard
Little Bustard
Waders (Charadriiformes)
Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Stone Curlew
Collared Pratincole
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Grey Plover
Sanderling
Turnstone
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Greenshank
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Snipe
Gulls & Terns (Charadriiformes)
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sandwich Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Whiskered Tern
Doves  (Columbiformes)
Rock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Cuckoos  (Cuculiformes)
Cuckoo
Owls  (Strigiformes)
Barn Owl
Little owl
Swifts (Apodiformes)
Common Swift
Alpine Swift
Pallid Swift
Hoopoe, Kingfishers & Bee-eaters (Coraciiformes)
Hoopoe
Kingfisher
Bee-eater
Woodpeckers (Piciformes)
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Passerines (Passeriformes)
Crested Lark
Thekla Lark
Wood Lark
Short-toed Lark
Calandra Lark
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
House Martin
Meadow Pipit
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail (M.f.flavissima)
Blue-headed Wagtail (M.f.iberiae)
Grey Wagtail
Robin
Nightingale
Redstart
Black Redstart
Wheatear
Black-eared Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Stonechat
Mistle Thrush
Blackbird
Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Zitting Cisticola
Cetti’s Warbler
Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Olivaceous Warbler
Willow Warbler
Bonelli’s Warbler
Chiffchaff
Wren
Pied Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Crested Tit
Longtailed Tit
Nuthatch
Short-toed Treecreeper
Southern Grey Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Azure-winged Magpie
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Raven
Spotless Starling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Rock Sparrow
Chaffinch
Serin
Linnet
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting