And if those aren't sufficient, news has been published in the Spanish forum rarebirdspain by Ricard Gutiérrez of the sighting yesterday (06/05) at 20m range (!) of an adult Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis by Dick Forsman who managed to photograph it. Guess where some of us may be heading this weekend!
(2) CAÑADA DE LAS NORIAS (Almería) today News from Dave Elliott-Binns and the Arboleas Birding Group of this interesting Almería wetland which manages to attract interesting birds in spite of everything that man tries to throw at/in to it. Of interest are Squacco and Night Herons breeding in the Cattle and Little Egret colony and there are many Great Reed Warblers, as well as the always attractive but somewhat dim, blue-billed Daffy Duck-bird, also known as White-headed Duck. A Sacred Ibis flew in and landed top of the heronry, which is not good news for eggs and chicks, given the damage that these escaped ibises can do. (Photo by Dave, to whom many thanks).(3) GUADALHORCE PONDS today A short visit, principally to count look at and count migrant waders this morning gave a total of 12 species of waders, nothing outstanding and numbers were down from my visit last Sunday but there are some stunning Curlew Sandpipers, more and more Dunlin have been sitting soot (work that out!) and some Sanderlings in breeding plumage are trying busily to be something else from the grey and white tide-runner that we know so well. More Slender-billed Gulls to see, today an adult and a 1st summer bird.
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