This Sunday, accompanied by Javier Palazuelo, I took a tour of the Parque Natural de Las Santoña Marshes, Victoria and Jewel to unwind a little roll around Christmas.
First we went to the Depth of Laredo and there we saw a small group of auks that were very active, non-stop fishing.
also identified two loon loon boy and two large and one of these enjoyed a fishing haul in which he caught a flounder and after a hard fight is what got the crop. Chopped sandwich terns were almost on the shore,
and we also observe the following species:
- black-necked grebe - Kestrel
- Magpies
-
crows - big Cormorant
- White Wagtail
- Stonechat (in the dunes)
- laughing gull (a fairly numerous fishing while several cormorants)
-
Gull - common Negrón
- Wigeon
Then we headed for the pond Gandarias in Cicero, stopping before in a meadow where we saw:
- Starling
- Cattle egret
- Little Egret (banded, we could not distinguish the numbers)
- Lapwing
- Urraca
- Chaffinch
- Goldfinch
- Song Thrush
- black-headed gulls (between cattle egrets and cattle egrets with)
-
Redstart - Cetti
- Common Buzzard
- Pipit
From here we went to the pond Gandarias and here began the show due to the variety of birds such as the quantity:
- Brant Geese
- Greylag
- Ansar fronted
- Curlew
real - Northern Shoveler
- Common Buzzard
- Pipit
- Lapwings (one side big enough)
- Golden Plover (associated with lapwings)
- Loon (in the pool overlooking the field futbol)
- Teal
- Sacred Ibis (photo textimonial)
-
Common Coot - Common Sandpiper
- Tufted Duck
- Heron
- Gadwall
- little grebe
- Little Egret
- Airplane rocker
-
Godwit
From here we dirimos to the area Monteano quarry overlooking the canal and we saw:
- Common Redshank
- Redshank clear
- Mallard
-
Eurasian Curlew - Whimbrel
- Shelduck (a small group of about 8 individuals)
- Greylag
- Ansar fronted
-
Godwit
And to conclude, and since it rained, we went to the new park visitor center natural opened this year and there joined us on the visit and Juanjo Aja Fombellida Isidoro giving all kinds of explanations on the facilities.