(1) Guadalhorce ponds,Málaga; (2) road state Doñana (Huelva)

(1) Guadalhorce ponds : An excellent morning's birding down at the Guadalhorce ponds, my local spot (it's only 10 minutes from home), with Steve Penn. A very good selection of waders (13 spp.), obviously a wave of movement in the past 24 hours or so as numbers of some were high (for here), which included 2 Whimbrel (scarce here), Redshank (23+), some stunning Curlew Sandpipers (36+) and Dunlin (42+), some of the Sanderling changing into breeding plumage, as well as the more common Ringed, Little Ringed and Kentish Plovers, and the always hysterical Black-winged Stilts. There were 3 Slender-billed Gulls for a short time - it has been an excellent 10 days for this very elegant gull with over 80 birds seen- and 3 Gull-billed Terns which came in off the sea, called loudly and set off inland in the direction of Fuente de Piedra. The late-staying male Shoveler is still around,as is the colour ringed Osprey black KM7

(2) Road state Doñana: Keith Betton informs that the road to the Valverde centre that follows Entremuros is in a very bad state, even for a 4x4, after passing the pumping station. Therefore turn right (west) just before the pumping station and follow the road and occasional signs from there.
Keith also informs that a female Red-footed Falcon was seen near Isla Mayor about 2 weeks since.