Bryans says have you seen the lamp over the bed is a bit low! And that could sum up our day, but it didn't. It was an early start and that is the way we do our birding.
On Monday 29th October the four of us headed for Cabo de Gata with the temperatures absolutely low at 11 degrees and a strong blustery wind. It was not the best time to be there.
However, we always work hard and we did see birds. We checked out the steppes and came across a small flock of Skylarks that settled, flew and then settled away from us. We headed towards the Salinas and everything was distant.
On the Salinas away from the working end we viewed ten different species that included the following:
Lesser Black Backed Gulls.
Slender Billed Gulls
Yellow Legged Gulls
Cormorants
Avocet
Flamingos
Shelduck
Black Necked Grebes
Kentish Plovers
Sandwich Terns
Another flock of small birds were six Greenfinch. We were looking for something more, but that will have to wait for another day. However, unexpectedly at least seventy to a hundred Griffon Vultures were seen circling, but upon reflection we are in a short distance to the snow topped Sierra Nevadas.
Okay it was a disappointing day, but with the wind and the cold what could we expect. I have not listened everything but Stonechats were everywhere and some Black Redstarts. Today is another day.
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