San Pedro del Pinatar

The afternoon of Wednesday 21st December was my last chance to see what birds were to be seen at San Pedro. It was the first dry day for sometime and now the sun was out, temperature was around 17 degrees and with a moderate breeze. Water levels were high and there was still some standing water in places.
I always start off in the large car park near the boardwalk leading down to the beach. There was little to be seen with only Yellow- leg gulls with two Lesser-black Backed resting on the dunes. A female Kestrel flew over the car park. A male and female Stonechat perched and a Blackbird flew. Over all it was very quiet and I may have seen a Dartford Warbler dive quickly into a bush. The shape and tail were correct, but the sun only allowed me an outline. It did not reappear.
On the beach there were three Sanderling, one Turnstone and one Ringed Plover and offshore some turbulent water still.
Returning back inland the first water on the right revealed in the far reedbed 15 Black-tailed Godwits, six Black-winged Stilts, two Redshank, four Avocets with Flamingos in the water.
In the water opposite were several Black-necked Grebe.
Although the water levels were high I saw two Little Stint feeding.
I parked in the small car park near the roundabout and here there were Chiffchaffs and Sardinian Warblers in the vegetation. A Robin sang and perched in full view and then, the bird of the day, a Kingfisher perched and fished. It was on the canal where the vegetation had been cleared thus allowing good views, but still had an abundance of perches. A couple of hours well spent and very enjoyable.