Sunday, September 25, 2011

Bird Reserve, dam of river Ebro.

The day begins of superb form, from the same door of Posada Molino del Canto, in flight, Griffon Vulture and Golden Eagle harassed by a Peregrine Falcon
One of the best moments to see birds is the season of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial passage. 

In the Reserve of Birds of the dam of river Ebro, this weekend has noticed especially this post-nuptial passage. 
In the east area of the water reservoir, something really difficult to see in Burgos,14 species of Waders



Lapwing, enough birds distributed by the zone. 
Eurasian Golden Plover. (1) 



Great Ringed Plover, many birds throughout the border. 
Dunlin, quite a lot flocks. 
Little Stint (2) 
Curlew Sandpiper (3) 
Pectoral Sandpiper (1), a solitary juvenile bird, first for Burgos. 




Ruff (3) 
Sanderling (3) 
Common Redshank (1) 
Grennshank (2) 
Black-tailed Godwit (2) 



Common Snipe (1)
Common Sandpiper (3)
Other species that are concentrated during this season are the Ducks ones. 
Great flocks of Mallard, Gadwall, Red-crested Pochard and Common Coot, altogether more than 1000 birds. 



Other species seen in the zone: 
Great Cormorant.
Marsh Harrier (3)
Common Kestrel.
Common Buzzard.
Griffon Vulture.
Little Egret
Great Egret 
Grey Heron 
Great Crested Grebe 
Little Grebe 
Black-necked Grebe 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Black-headed Gull 
Common Wood Pigeon
Common Stonechat 
Whinchat 
Wood Lark 
Common Chiffchaff 
Pied Flycatcher 
Southern Great Shrike 
Magpie 
Spotless Starling 
Common Crow 
Raven