Category Archives: Spain

Griffon Vultures in Flight

Accipitriformes

Place: Road between Pitões das Junias and Covelães, Northern Portugal
Date: 29 August 2018.
















Place: Barbastro, Aragon, Spain
Date: 23 September 2019.





Place: Old monastery San Juan de la Peña, Aragon, Spain
Date: 24 September 2019.






[Gyps fulvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Griffon vulture]

The sound of the griffon vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

Place: El Rocio, Andalucia, Spain
Date: 13 June 2015.




Place: Marais Rondon, Hyères, France
Date: 21 May 2017.




[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Vincent Pourchaire)

Distribution of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Crag Martins from Iberia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, North-western Spain
Date: 24 August 2018.










Place: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, North-western Spain
Date: 25 August 2018.



Place: Senhora da Peneda, Peneda-Gerês National Park, Northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.





Place: Mosteiro de Tibães, near Braga, Northern Portugal
Date: 31 August 2018.



Place: Belmonte, North-east Portugal between Guarda and Castelo Branco
Date: 4 September 2018.




[Ptyonoprogne rupestris, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian crag martin]

The sound of the crag martin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Various Black-tailed Godwit

Charadriiformes

Place: Marismas del Odiel, Andalucia
Date: 17 June 2015.


Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.




Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.






Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.





[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]

The sound of the black-tailed godwit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the black-tailed godwit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of black-tailed godwit across the British Isles

Feral Pigeon Eating Mortar

Columbiformes

Place: Salamanca, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 27 August 2013.



Place: Bishop’s Palace, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 July 2018.




[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]

The sound of the feral pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the feral pigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Cattle Egret from Iberia

Pelecaniformes

Place: M1109 north of Porto Covo, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.








Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.



Place: Zamora, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 17 September 2018.








[Bubulcus ibis, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cattle egret]

The sound of the cattle egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist João Tomás)

Distribution and sightings of the cattle egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Crested Larks from Iberia, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cabo Vidio, Asturias, northern Spain
Date: 23 August 2018.





Place: Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 8 September 2018.




Place: Lagoas de Santo Andre, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.






[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

The sound of the crested lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist J. Veeken)

Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Water Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Collada de Llesba, Picos de Europa, northern Spain
Date: 19 September 2018.







[Anthus spinoletta, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water pipit]

The sound of the water pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Bousquet)

Distribution of the water pipit across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Sparrows Taking a Dust Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Salamanca, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 16 September 2018.




[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

Distribution and sightings of the house sparrow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of house sparrow across the British Isles

Spotless Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Idanha-a-Nova, mid-east Portugal
Date: 5 September 2018.







Place: Aljezur, south-west tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.









Place: Castro Verde, inland southern Portugal
Date: 13 September 2018.




Place: Zamora, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 17 September 2018.



[Sturnus unicolor, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotless starling]

The sound of the spotless starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nelson Conceição)