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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A couple of hours at the Rio Grande near Cártama today . Despite lots of disturbance (helicopters landing and taking off, diggers and loose dogs - it's amazing what birds will tolerate) managed to see a good variety of waders and raptors. 29 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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Felt like Spring had arrived at the Desembocadura del Guadalhorce today. Good variety of waders and wildfowl but surprising lack of. hirundines.
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An afternoon visit to the Desembocadura del Guadalhorce in Málaga after all the recent storms. Highlight was the long staying red knobbed coot. 49 species seen
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The local area looks more like Scotland than Andalucía at the moment. Briefly gotout along the Rio de la Cueva (Riogordo)between the showers. Apart from the local usuals was nice to see 3 Rock Sparrows and a Great Spotted Woodpecker. 17 species seen.
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A midday visit to the Guadalmedina river in Málaga. Highlights included Wryneck, Bluethroat & Water Pipit. Couldn't find the recently reported Jack Snipe near the stadium but was busy as it was a match day. 24 species seen. Great urban site for birding in Málaga.
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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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Desembocadura del Guadalhorce today. Happy to catch up with both the red knobbed coot and the 8 ferruginous ducks that had been sighted in the last few days. 47 species seen.
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Believe I just saw a Merlin flying up the valley near Cruce de Árchez! 😎
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Beautiful November morning at the Arroyo de las Zorreras in Riogordo. Good day for raptors with Kestrel Sparrowhawk, Griffon Vulture and a late Short Toed Eagle present. Nice to see a party of Corn Buntings also. 23 Species seen.
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Desembocadura del Guadalhorce reserve open weekdays again. Great day for raptors with Booted Eagle, Marsh Harrier and Osprey showing well. Good variety of wildfowl and waders present also. 58 species seen.
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Common Chiffchaff
Robin
Grey Heron
AM visit to Arroyo de las Zorreras in Riogordo. Noticeable arrival of winter visitors with Crag Martins, Chiffchaffs, Song Thrushes, Robins, Black Redstarts all present and increasing numbers of Blackcaps. 3 Cirl Buntings also. 24 Species seen.
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Local patch of Arroyo de las Zorreras in Riogordo today.
Winter visitors (Robins & Black Redstarts) arriving and still some Willow Warblers passing through. Highlights: a 'patch first' Dartford Warbler,2 Blue Rock Thrushes and 2 Ravens. 23 species.
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Birding by Bike today. Rio de la Cueva (Riogordo to Las Cuevas). 31 species. Highlights : Blue Rock Thrush, 5 Red Rumped Swallows,100s of House Martins, G S Woodpecke. 3 robins and big increase in Blackcaps. Winter is coming.
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Kestrel
Thekla's Lark
Stonechat
Atmospheric morning walk along the Arroyo de las Z in Riogordo after the first rainfall of the autumn yesterday. Notable were two Turtle Doves, 1 Redstart, Cirl Bunting and 3 very noisy Kestrels.
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First a shower of rain, then a sighting of a pair of Short-toed Eagle's. Pleasures in late July.
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Trying to capture swifts in the evening, that fly screaming over the houses, just for fun - very difficult even with a good camera and lots of experience; with a mobile, mpossible. You'll just have to trust me. They were there; it was glorious.
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Crag Martin. Obviously it's part of it all; the natural world is not fairyland - but I feel for the live bee being fed to a chick.
I guess that, like a bee-eater she had knocked the bee's sting off on a branch or edge before feeding it to the chicks.
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Thrilled to see a pair of golden oriols fly across the road and down the valley, while driving to Árchez. No mistaking that bright yellow body and black wings! Not super rare here but shy and surprisingly hard to spot. Made me grin all the way home.
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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
Serin , seen in February - an earlier arrival. These bright songsters are the sound of spring and summer, the Spanish Canary. I am still mainly hearing goldfinches and chaffinches, but I guess the series are on their way.
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Lovely view of Grey Wagtail on a railing in Árchez. I know I shouldn't be birding while driving, but it lifted my commute. Then, parking up there was a blackcap under the olive tree and a chaffinch cheeping from a wire. Little things make me happy. #birdingmalaga
Saw dozens of flocks of tweeting birds flying over grasses and gorse bushes high on Maroma's lower slopes. None letting me see them, of course. Day to day I'm seeing goldfinches, some series, and today a really good view of a chaffinch. The pines are full of great tits and blackcaps. #birdingmalaga
Birds in town. Collared dove and sparrow.
In the countryside I am now seeing flocks of gold finches and a few serin. Lots of tweeters in the bushes defying me ro get a good look at them, too.
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First glimpse of Canillas on yesterday's walk. I saw black restart, flocks of goldfinches, white wagtails and, at the water tank at the top of the village, a grey wagtail. But didn't take my good camera so no bird shots.
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#Birdwatching while driving I believe I saw a thrush. So many birds you get used to outline and bodyshape and can make a reasonable id. Don't often see thrushes here, more commonly lares and pipits, but they are slighter.
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Chiffchaff (most likely) or possibly a willow warbler. They look close to identical but there songs are completely different. Mosquitero común in Spanish.
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Coal tit in the pine forest near Puerto Blanqullo, natural park, Sierra Tejeda y Almijarra,.Málaga. Love how casually they turn and forage upside down.
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