There was going to be a chance of rain but we still got out for the first time this week with no hook up with the ‘nobinsbirdclub’. With Lo Monte only being 20 minutes away we sat with no one else around and watched. There is a good expanse of water with excellent cover on the margins.
The light was poor and there was no sunlight to excite the smaller stuff. Michelle’s sharp eyes picked this one out on the protective fence around the lagoon. The ‘colour match’ made it very difficult to see. We think it is a Brown Darter.
We thought we had a first for here with a lone Cerceta Pardilla - Marble Duck but having checked it out it was a female Red Crested Pochard - Pato Colorado.
There was also the same species with two young. Porrón Común - Common Pochard were around to and there was a good number of Mallard - Ánade Azulón and several with a high number of young. Malvasia Cabeciblanca - White Headed Ducks were evident too.
There was a good number of Common Coot - Focha Común with young and Moorhen - Pollo de Agua. One Night Heron - Martinete Común and Little Bitterns - Avetorillo Común flew frequently. Bee-eaters - Abejaruca Común called distantly. Certainly not a good haul with some small birds flitting across.
This location has potential and humans are screened from the view of the lagoon. Hides are definitely two people only and certainly not for the less mobile! They offer very good views and are five in total. Around the edges in the public area there has been planting and we saw this plant.
Identified via PlantNet as Ephedra fragilis. And commonly called ‘joint pine’ and it is native to Southern Spain and North Africa.
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