A grey phlarope in the meadows.

 

At least a Red necked Phalarope in my county!!

Hello again!

Long time without writting on the blog, but I am back again with this precious species that made a stop during it's postnuptial migration in my local patch (I wasn't the lucky finder this time....).

The recent years I tried to find one of those, even if I knew that it was a very difficult task due to it's tiny size in such a big reservoir and also because here is a very rare visitor.

So I was lucky enough to get decent views of this confident bird that lingered close to the south damm and gave good opportunities for other twitchers too.

 

My local patch, a reservoir to preserve......

 Hi there.

A few waders have shown in the shores of the reservoir, Balsa de Zolina, lately during the peak of the prenuptial migration of birds heading northwards a few making an stopover to fuel up their fat reserves and this improving their chances to continue in their challenging journeys.

Numbers have been quite discrete in general ,with ten species recorded, beeing the highlight a solitary Temmincks stint and a ferrougineus sandpiper,it was also a lonely individual.

As usual common redshanks and comon sandpipers have been the most numerous species, but this year the presence of sanderlings and greenshanks has been quite remarcable.

Also mention a solitary knot that was seen by other person the first week of may, and the absence of any records of spotted redshank or any kind of stilt.

Recorded numbers (19sp).

Curlew sandpiper 1

Temmnick Stint 1

Curlew 2

Grey plover 2/3?

Sanderling 5/6?

Dunlins 5

Little stint 3

Ruff 2

Common redshank

Greenshank

Wood sandpiper 2

Green sanpiper 7

Common sandpiper

Little ringed plover

Ringed plover

Black winged stilt

Snipe

Lapwing

Avocet

Common redshank

Sanderling

Common redshank

Grey plover

Common redshank.

Ringed plover

Common sandpiper.

Common redshank.

Greenshank.

Temminck's stint.

Greenshank.

Black winged stint.

Greensank & redshank.

Have a nice day.

Thanks for your visit.

And.... protect shorebird habitat!!!

Pursuing this goal about the reservoir's legal protection among others objetives, it has been recently published a book written by me (also the majority of the pics) were I underline that this environment is of inestimable value for the shorebird migration.

The birds of Eskoriz's reservoir.

Back side....a sanderling with a pair of ringed plovers .....

Birdwatchers of the XXI century, we don't only have to take pics or observe .....we have to actuate to defend and preserve the remaining nature habitats where "our" birds live!!

Some waders arriving.....

Hi there.

A recent video that I manage to do a few days ago in my LP, 

A few waders hace shown in the shores of the reservoir lately during the peak of the prenuptial migration of birds heading northwards and doing an stopover to fuel up their fat reserves and continue in their challenging journey.

Numbers have been quite discrete in general ,with ten species recorded beeing the highlight the kentish plover that I mentioned in my previous post and a ferrougineus sandpiper that was lingering in the north shore two of days ago (with the ruffs).

As usual common redshanks and comon sandpipers have been the most numerous species.

A solitary sanderling was seen by a close friend in the dam, but I wasn't able to detect the bird in the forecoming afternoon. 

 A pair of Calidris alpina feeding in the muddy shore.

A nice kentish plover in my local patch!!

 Hi there!!

Now a few shoots that I could manage yesterday with this real special bird in my lp.

Its a very rare migrant on the shores of Zolina reservoir so each time I see one is always a celebration.

I also saw one small ringed plover , one dunlin a six redshanks.....

Kentish plover

A nice male adquiring a full breeding plumage.

Charadrius alexandrinus.

Its a LP rarity.

The nineth record and five years since the last sighting.

Sharing the muds with a dunlin.

Obvious differences between the "cousins" in good conditions..

VIDEO

Two late november records..

Hi there.

I haven't been very active lately and the waders don't show up so easy in this time off the year ,with the migration finished a few weeks ago ,not many chances to make blog entries.

Anyway I write down two interesting records that don't want to forgive.....

Golden plovers. Asturias. (20nov21).

A really nice group that was feeding in a recently harvested crop field.

A lonely whimbrel with fourty five lapwings in my local patch,Zolina reservoir.(23nov21).