SAN PEDRO AGAIN

This time Michelle needed a ‘reflection’ shot for the twice monthly photo competition at Torrevieja Digital Camera Club. She got what she wanted with a Black-Winged Stilt feeding in clear water with a next to perfect reflection.

However these Salinas and canals are worth patience, worth some hard looking and searching. It paid off with the long lens establishing what we actually did see. In one shot were one Little Stint, Dunlin and Sanderling and swimming around were both Black-Headed Gulls with Slender-Billed in close attendance.

One of the latter appears to be a first winter bird.

The best was yet to come for although we were aware that the odd Redshank was therefor it was not until we had our specimen bird up on screen that we discovered it was a Spotted Redshank.

This was on the canal next to the road to Lo Pagan with Black winged Stilts, a Little Egret, Moorhen with flitting movements being added by feeding Chiffchaffs.