Friday, May 03, 2013

Shorebird day

A great birding trip looking for Shorebird on the nearby Ebro water reservoir. Cold afternoon, with wind and rain, but with Godwits, Turnstone, Plovers, ...
Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola: 62
Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula: 150
Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica: 270
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus: 2
Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus: 15
Common Redshank - Tringa totanus: 47
Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia: 14
Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos: 4
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres: 14
Red Knot - Calidris canutus: 33
Sanderling - Calidris alba: 20
Dunlin - Calidris alpina: 120
Ruff - Philomachus pugnax: 2


Again, a day after, we could see a good flocks of mixed waders, with more Bar-tailed Godwit. The record of 270 Bar-tailed Godwit of the first day, it is the largest concentration of known history to Burgos. (http://www.avesdeburgos.com/anuario.htm)

Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola: 79
Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica: 260
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus: 1
Common Redshank - Tringa totanus: 45
Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia: 15
Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos: 9
Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus 1
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres: 6
Red Knot - Calidris canutus: 50
Sanderling - Calidris alba: 7
Dunlin - Calidris alpina: 15
Ruff - Philomachus pugnax: 3


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