Spain; LLeida drylands, Catalunya in April
April 2017
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) adult, aerodrome
Species recorded on a visit whilst staying at the Ebro delta, 3/4/17
Spain; LLeida drylands, 3/4/17 GALLERY
INFO
Drylands of LLeida
Drylands of Lleida Alfés Itinerary
BirdLife factsheet
Where to Watch Birds in Northern & Eastern Spain. Michael Rebane & Ernest Garcia. Helm, 2008
BIRDS - 48 species
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos - 1 male near airfield
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis - 50+ over rubbish tip
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta - 1
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea - 2
White Stork - Ciconia ciconia - 6+ over rubbish tip
Black Kite - Milvus migrans - 20+
Griffon Vulture - Gyps fulvus 10+
Western Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus - 6+
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus - 1
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo - c4
Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus - 10+
Merlin - Falco columbarius - 1 female-type
Little Bustard - Tetrax tetrax - 1 male
Eurasian Stone-curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus - 10+
Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago - 1
Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis - 50+ over rubbish tip
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse - Pterocles alchata - 3 south of aerodrome, in flight and calling
Stock Dove - Columba oenas - 3
Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted Cuckoo - Clamator glandarius - 2 on aerodrome
Little Owl - Athene noctua - 2+ around aerodrome
Hoopoe - Upupa epops
European Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis - 1
Calandra Lark - Melanocorypha calandra - aerodrome
Lesser Short-toed Lark - Calandrella rufescens - small groups on aerodrome
Crested Lark - Galerida cristata
Thekla Lark - Galerida theklae - around Mas de Melons Info Centre
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Common House Martin - Delichon urbicum - 1 aerodrome
Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis
White Wagtail - Motacilla alba
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros - 2
Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus - 1 male
Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - 1 male near Mas de Melons Info Centre
Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala
Southern Grey Shrike - Lanius meridionalis 3+
Common Magpie - Pica pica
Red-billed Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax - 10+, one pair nesting at Mas de Melons Info Centre
Western Jackdaw - Corvus monedula
Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
European Serin - Serinus serinus
European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris
European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
Common Linnet - Carduelis cannabina - several flocks
Cirl Bunting - Emberiza cirlus - 1 male
Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra - hundreds
BUTTERFLIES
Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina)
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) adult, aerodrome
Species recorded on a visit whilst staying at the Ebro delta, 3/4/17
Spain; LLeida drylands, 3/4/17 GALLERY
INFO
Drylands of LLeida
Drylands of Lleida Alfés Itinerary
BirdLife factsheet
Where to Watch Birds in Northern & Eastern Spain. Michael Rebane & Ernest Garcia. Helm, 2008
BIRDS - 48 species
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos - 1 male near airfield
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis - 50+ over rubbish tip
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta - 1
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea - 2
White Stork - Ciconia ciconia - 6+ over rubbish tip
Black Kite - Milvus migrans - 20+
Griffon Vulture - Gyps fulvus 10+
Western Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus - 6+
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus - 1
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo - c4
Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus - 10+
Merlin - Falco columbarius - 1 female-type
Little Bustard - Tetrax tetrax - 1 male
Eurasian Stone-curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus - 10+
Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago - 1
Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis - 50+ over rubbish tip
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse - Pterocles alchata - 3 south of aerodrome, in flight and calling
Stock Dove - Columba oenas - 3
Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted Cuckoo - Clamator glandarius - 2 on aerodrome
Little Owl - Athene noctua - 2+ around aerodrome
Hoopoe - Upupa epops
European Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis - 1
Calandra Lark - Melanocorypha calandra - aerodrome
Lesser Short-toed Lark - Calandrella rufescens - small groups on aerodrome
Crested Lark - Galerida cristata
Thekla Lark - Galerida theklae - around Mas de Melons Info Centre
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Common House Martin - Delichon urbicum - 1 aerodrome
Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis
White Wagtail - Motacilla alba
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros - 2
Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus - 1 male
Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - 1 male near Mas de Melons Info Centre
Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala
Southern Grey Shrike - Lanius meridionalis 3+
Common Magpie - Pica pica
Red-billed Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax - 10+, one pair nesting at Mas de Melons Info Centre
Western Jackdaw - Corvus monedula
Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
European Serin - Serinus serinus
European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris
European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
Common Linnet - Carduelis cannabina - several flocks
Cirl Bunting - Emberiza cirlus - 1 male
Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra - hundreds
BUTTERFLIES
Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina)
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)