31.3.2026 Desembocadura del Guadalhorce / Málaga.Saw the well reported Little Gulls .Other highlights Slender Billed Gulls, Whiskered Tern, Pintail and first Yellow Wagtails and Bee Eaters of the year. Avocets on nests. 48 species seen.
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First visit in a while to the local patch of Arroyo de las Zorreras in Riogordo. First Nightingales, Woodchat Shrike, Swift and Red Rumped Swallow of the year have arrived to join the House Martins and Swallows.
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A fine morning at the Desembocadura del Guadalhorce yesterday. First Woodchat Shrike of the year and good numbers of waders. Nice to see the Black Necked Grebes in summer plumage and loads of Shovelers doing their whirling courtship display.
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Really pleased that my article about the birds of the Arroyo de las Zorreras in Riogordo was included in the latest edition of the excellent Birds of Andalucía magazine
www.andaluciabirdsociety.org/3d-flip-book...
Page 22-23
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So when was someone going to tell me Rollers are an absolute unit of a bird. I was expecting something Blackbird sized not Jackdaw size. Squint really hard and thats a Western Bonelli's Warbler. Also saw Spectacled Warbler also notoriously skulky.
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Just north of Torremolinos today in the mountains. A sad lack of Eagles, nevertheless 5 lifers, Woodchat Shrike, Black Wheatear, Lesser Kestrel, Thekla's Lark and Rock Bunting. #birdingMalaga #BirdingAndalucia
Sometimes they turn up when you aren't even looking.
Alpine Accentor in the car park at the Sierra Nevada Ski station.
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