tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39289983634153555472024-02-19T15:06:47.895+00:00Aquila Bird ToursBird Watching Holidays, Resources and Picture GalleryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129887542956056680noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928998363415355547.post-9190538556523934322015-05-17T17:17:00.002+01:002015-05-17T17:17:38.900+01:00Tarifa Spring Migration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<u>Tuesday 25 April to Tuesday 5th May Tarifa Spain</u></div>
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I can't believe we have been back in the UK over a week already. Here is a small gallery of photos from our trip. I am hoping to post a trip report before we go the Pyrenees on the 28th of this month. </div>
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White Stork arriving from Africa</div>
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Egyptian Vulture</div>
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Short-toed Eagle</div>
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Northern Bald Ibis</div>
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and with a chick</div>
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3 Northern Bald Ibis nests on one ledge</div>
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Most of the nests we saw had chicks </div>
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Two chicks were being fed by the adults in the trees around our cabin every night.</div>
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We enjoyed a 2hr early evening trip at sea, the highlight of which had to be a Sperm Whale sighting. Unfortunately no photo, as along with the other 30 or so passengers on the boat, we were too busy tripping over our dropped jaws ! A fantastic sight. </div>
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Anyone who knows me, or has seen me on a twitch over the last 16 years knew if I was there, then Scruffy our Jack Russell woundn't be far behind. Sadly, in June last year we had to let her go. She was almost 17 and was poorly, she had almost gone of her legs and as heartbreaking as it was we knew it was time for her last twitch. We took her out for the day, visiting all her favourite sites and fed her bacon butties and ice-cream, a fitting end to her time in our lives. Vowing that we would not have another dog because it is just too hard when you lose them, I went out walking for the first time in years without a four legged companion - not going to happen ! Within 3 weeks Mani had joined our family along with Luna (Ashleys dog) and birding trips and walks were back to what we were used to. </div>
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A short 50 minute drive from home and the 4 of us , Me, Ash, Luna and Mani were watching the bird. It was happily sleeping amongst a couple of hundred Redshank and a few Turnstone. As the Redshank left the roost the Gull did a short flight had a drink and a bath, then landed back on the Jetty. A Cheshire lifer for us and a first for Luna and Mani !</div>
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Just a quick round up for January. In the first two weeks of the New Year we spent a week in Nerja Andalucia Spain. The weather was warm and the birding good - full trip report to follow shortly.</div>
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On the home front we finally caught up with Brambling in our NNHS squares with 10 birds present at the side of Nantwich Football Ground and 2's and 3's showing along the River Weaver pathways, behind Shrewbridge Road.</div>
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We managed a sunny afternoon at Baddiley Mere near Nantwich. We parked at Baddiley Church and walked the Public Footpaths to the Mere, adding Pink Feet, Pochard, Pintail and Jack Snipe to the NNHS year list, closing the month on 75 species. </div>
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We spent Monday morning in the NNHS squares hoping to add to our year list. We started at a Local well known site for Peregrine Falcon and we didn't have to wait too long before a pair put in an appearance. The weather was poor and heavy snow was falling so we didn't hang about but decided to take shelter at a site we have seen Marsh Tit and Green Woodpecker before. The snow continued to fall and we gave it half an hour but had no joy with either species - a good excuse to come back !</div>
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Next we headed to the Cholmondeley area in the hope of Brambling. There is a spot where a local gamekeeper has large seed hoppers in the field and is always my go to place for finches. As soon as we arrived we could see the surrounding hedgerows were not going to let us down and we quickly added Tree Sparrow (20) Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting to the year list but no Brambling. This is unusual as in previous years we have always seen them there, but with another site a short drive away we weren't worried. We never fail to see them at Moss Wood on the Cholmondeley Estate but again, after 2 hours trapsing around the Mosses not a Brambling to be seen. We did record 4 Crossbill (two pair) and a flock of Siskin which had 9 Redpoll in with them, so not a total loss. In total we added 10 species to our year list which now stands at 71.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">As another year begins so does another year list. In recent years we have not twitched much across the UK because of the ever increasing crazy cost of fuel and the fact that we were spending hours sitting in traffic. We have missed the birding so this year we have decided to keep a year list in the recording area of our local Nantwich Natural History Society a club which we have been involved with for many years. I contacted Mike Holmes who is the Societys' "go to man" on most things birding, as we were trying to establish if a year list/count had been recorded before. No record could be found so we have set ourselves a target of 123 species</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">A first for me and Ash in the Nantwich Natural History Society recording squares.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">We will keep updating our list on this blog and would appreciate news of any sightings within our recording area that are a bit more unusual.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Happy New Year and Good Birding in 2015 ! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></div>
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First stop was the flooded field at Burleydam. The 2 Whooper Swan and the Green Sandpiper were still present, but there was no sign of the Black-necked Grebe which had been seen last week. We added a pair of Stonechat (a good record for our squares), plenty of Yellowhammer and Skylark, Wigeon and Lapwing to our sightings before moving on to Blakemere. </div>
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The lake which has formed at the start of a farm drive on Lodmoor Lane held good numbers of wildfowl upon arrival and has apparently been a permanent feature for 3 years following heavy flooding. We spent about an hour on site recording 30-40 Wigeon, 20 or so Teal, 10 Mute Swan, a Green Sandpiper, 50+ Lapwing and the target species, pictured below. The photo was taken on an iPhone 5 hand held to a Swarovski 80hd.</div>
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Briefly onto a non-bird note, I have recently moved onto a canal boat with my girlfriend (Sam) and our dogs (Luna and Harpo) and have moored in Nantwich Marina and as such much more canal based and local birding will be on the cards. So back to the birds! Over the last few days there have been a few nice bits knocking around our moorings with at least 4 Tawny Owls very active in the lights of the Marina and extremely vocal, much to the detriment of our sleep! We have also had a regular kingfisher in the Marina which occasionally perches on our Tiller bar and a very active pair of Grey Wagtail. Of note - it is as worth a mention that a flock of 70+ House Sparrow, 100+ Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit and 20+ Linnet are currently wintering in the "mile field" of Welshmans lane on the outskirts of Nantwich. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Please keep a watch on this place for more on our canal nature adventure!</span></div>
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The Cholmondeley Estate is one of my Local Patches, and we are lucky enough to have had access to the estate for about 13 years as Lady Cholmondeley is the Patron of the Nantwich Natural History Society.</div>
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Deer Park Mere was quiet so we headed off on foot to the Hide on Chapel Mere. En-route we met the Estate Manager, James Hall, who usually has plenty of information on any wildlife sightings on the Estate. Todays subject was snakes and slow worm, and just how many are on the Estate. As we continued our walk to Chapel Mere we noticed some good numbers of House Martin feeding for a short time and then moving on. Other birds seen included Raven, Buzzard and Kestrel.</div>
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At Chapel Mere the reed beds still held plenty of Reed Warblers and we even had a Sedge Warbler. Dragonflies were everywhere, which could explain our next sighting, a pair of Hobby feeding around the Mere. The Hobby is a good record for the estate and we watched them for around forty minutes and managed a few photos. Butterfiles were abundant and I got some good clear photographs of them too. As we were leaving this part of the estate, I found a Spotted Flycatcher - another good bird for the estate record book. </div>
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Last Week an email from Jason Mossman was circulated around the Nantwich Natural History Society, informing members that he had seen a Goosander on the River Weaver with 10 chicks. As this is a brilliant breeding record for Cheshire I headed off to try and get some photos for the blog. It was difficult to get close to them without disturbing the birds, but I did manage a few snaps, the best of which you can see here. I recorded 1 Adult with 8 Chicks and a Kingfisher, who was very happy to pose for photographs. </div>
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Just a few photographs from the last few weeks covering what has been a busy time doing survey work. Sadly we haven't had a lot of spare time for leisure birding.</div>
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We did manage a weekend in North Wales at the Tern Colony on Anglesey at Cemlyn and The Little Tern Colony at Gronant. Also a few visits to the New RSPB reserve Burton Mere Wetlands on the Wirral (this is the former Inner Marsh Farm site). The RSPB have done a great job with the site and you could comfortable spend a whole afternoon there. </div>
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We began today at 5am with a visit to the RSPB Capercaillie watch at Loch Garten. Unfortunately thick fog was against us and despite persevering for an hour and a half, visibility was always less than the distance to the "forward" hide (c50m) Although our quarry species alluded us, we were rewarded with excellent view of the smart male Redstart pictured below, which sang throughout our time in the hide whist the female remained within the nest box. Further to this, Red Squirrel and Siskin flocks offered a further distraction from the distinct lack of Capers. I would love to give you an update as to how the Osprey is doing....but we couldn't see it!!!!</div>
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Having made a decision that the fog was going to hang all morning, we moved on to Loch Mallachie. Spending approximetley an hour walking the loop trial, we finally heard our first Crested Tits, located on the Loch side. Here we also recorded Redstart, Goldrest, Treecreeper, Crossbill sp x 2, Goldeneye and Common Sandpiper.<br />
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Having briefly stopped back at the hotel for refreshments, we continued on toward Cairngorm Mountain, calling in at "the second" Osprey nest, seeing the female proudly sat on her nest, now we were having to compete with heat haze!!<br />
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The majority of the afternoon was then spent birding the Cairngorm area recording of note Snow Bunting (above) and a stunning pair of Ptarmigan (below). Click on any of the images to enlarge and remember book for our 2015 at 2014 prices, limited time only!<br />
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Well, after a very long day, there is not going to be a lot of text for you to perusal this evening, however a more wordy update will be available tomorrow, in the mean time I hope you enjoy the images I managed to acquire throughout the course of today. All of our guests are now with us and tomorrow marks the official start of the tour, so watch this space!!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129887542956056680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928998363415355547.post-26076544786658847452014-04-23T21:59:00.001+01:002014-04-23T21:59:17.914+01:00Pre Tour BirdingWith our 5th annual (under the banner of "Aquila") due to commence in full flow on Friday morning, Dad and I decided to drive up over night and have an extra day enjoying this superbly diverse and scenic part of the world. Furthermore, one of our American guests will be arriving tomorrow and as such, we can work on a few of them "rare for you, common for us species".<br />
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Today we visited a number of the usual haunts recording a number interesting species of note- Crested Tit (3), Ptarmigan (1), Red Grouse (numerous), Osprey (3), Redstart (numerous) and of course it wouldn't be Scotland without a Red Deer or 500..... Below are a few pictures which have turned out okay. Click to enlarge.<br />
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Just a quick blog to say in the morning we will be driving to Scotland for the 5th Annual Scottish Highlands Tour. A few photos below from an hour or so spent at the Flashes (Sandbach) at the weekend. Dad finally got Sand and House Martin for his 2014 "Sandbach Flashes Year List" and found a smart male Wheatear near the end of our walk to add a further year tick! </div>
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Sedge Warbler could be heard singing near the road at Elton Hall Flash and I managed to get myself a year tick, with what has to be my favourite wader - Little-ringed Plover. </div>
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An impromptu visit to Frodsham yesterday was unremarkable - pretty quite really. A lone Marsh Harrier, 2 Sedge Warbler and 3 Common Whitethroat of note. As there was still plenty of the day left we decided to move on to Burton Mere RSPB where a pair of Garganey had been reported. </div>
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I'm working down in the South East this week and spring/summer is already well into the swing of things with plenty of migration and breeding based activity being observed. Key migrants have included - Nightingale, Lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail and Ring Ousel. Please keep your eyes peeled on the blog as next week Aquila will be visiting the Scottish Highlands for their 5th annual tour. For further information on set or bespoke tours throught the UK and Europe, please visit www.aquilabirdtours.com.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129887542956056680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928998363415355547.post-19867878951171598502014-04-17T13:09:00.000+01:002014-04-17T13:09:24.109+01:00Sandbach Flashes Cheshire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Just a quick blog to keep all our followers looking ! We are busy with survey right now but still try to grab a few hours local birding when we can. Spring has now finally arrived and reports of migrants arrive daily in our inbox. Not everyone is so sure though, as you can by the pic of the Coot at Sandbach Flashes a few days ago, who is playing it safe and building her nest well out of the danger !</div>
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Blackcap, Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, Black-tailed Godwit and my first Swallow of the year were all nice to see along with a surprise Iceland Gull. A Cheshire Lifer for me (Mark Powell) outdid them all, an Egyptian Goose, which has been strutting around the flashes for several days. </div>
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I spent a very pleasant couple of hours in Spring like conditions at Sandbach Flashes (local to me). Arrived around midday and added a couple of Flashes year ticks. On the way home I decided to take a look around Doddington Lake and make the most of the nice weather. Stopping at one of the viewing areas I set my scope up and at first all seemed pretty quiet. A quick scan amongst the Canada Geese showed up five Pink-footed Geese and a Ruddy Shelduck, a nice way to round off the afternoon. </div>
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Where does the time go? A week has passed since a work trip to Somerset allowed me to make a short detour to see the long staying Red-flanked Bluetail. I have seen this species before but never had good views, so welcomed the opportunity to spend a while viewing this one that had been showing well. The parking site was easy enough to find and a muddy stroll along the side of a small stream, which I believe separates Wiltshire from Gloucestershire, was pleasant enough. As I was the only birder on site it wasn't a quick "straight on the bird" as I was hoping. After ten minutes I had located the bird feeding on the edge of a bush and dropping down to the ground to feed on what looked like mealworm. I enjoyed watching the bird for ten minutes on my own and was able to snap a record shot, shown here. Shortly after the bird disappeared, so I was glad I had hauled the camera to the site. Other birds of note seen were Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Raven Great and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker </div>
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Last week the chance to twitch the first Mainland Myrtle Warbler in 20 years at High Shincliffe, County Durham was too much to resist. A 5am start from Cheshire with Dave Robinson "Robbo", "Uncle" Phil Woollen and "Big Al" Orton was on the cards. Following an uneventful journey, we arrived on site at 8am and duly followed the on site parking instructions. There was quite a crowd so it was easy enough to "follow the birder in front" to a corner of a small housing estate, where we were told to keep an eye on some coconut feeders that had been strategically placed in the mature hedgerow. We only had to wait 2 minutes and there it was! feeding on the food provided. Good scope views were enjoyed by all the party for approx. 10 minutes (happy days) before the warbler Disappeared. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129887542956056680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928998363415355547.post-25586402130709410472014-01-20T12:26:00.001+00:002014-01-20T12:26:29.583+00:00Ring Roads & Rose Ringed Parakeets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span">We have spent the last 4 days working in the Sunbury and Kempton Park areas of Middlesex. As we travelled along the motorway </span>near High Wycombe on the M40, <span class="Apple-style-span"> the sky became crowded with good numbers of Red Kite. Apart from the thousands of Gulls on the local reservoirs and flooded fields, the other birds you can't help seeing are dozens, if not hundreds of Rose-ringed Parakeets. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129887542956056680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928998363415355547.post-55764835214306350772014-01-12T20:52:00.000+00:002014-01-12T20:52:18.030+00:00Cheshire Lifers again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yesterday was a lovely sunny day in Cheshire so when news broke that the Buff-bellied Pipit from last year had been relocated on the Wirral, I dropped what I was doing and headed off for the 40 minute drive. I was keen to add this bird to my Cheshire list because work commitments in December meant that I could not go for it then. </div>
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There were forty other birders on site when I arrived and the bird had been seen half an hour earlier. Confident of seeing my quarry I was ready to wait it out when the man next to me said he had it in the scope. We watched the bird for a good five minutes in perfect sunshine until a Heron flew over and spooked everything that was around. Happy with my views and as it was so nice, I decided to take Scruffy for a walk up Denhall Lane. This turned out to be a good move as 400 metres up the lane there were four Chiffchaff feeding in the hedgerow, two of which were Siberian Chiffchaff. I watched them for ten minutes and took plenty of photographs. Scruffy was fed up of keeping still now so I headed back towards the car. As I approached the car the Buff-bellied Pipit was showing even closer than earlier so with camera in one hand and the dog in the other I managed a few photos to share with you.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129887542956056680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928998363415355547.post-12496775381882430332014-01-10T15:15:00.001+00:002014-01-10T15:15:11.260+00:00Happy New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Aquila Bird Tours would like to wish a Happy New year to all our readers. Between Christmas and New Year we spent some time in Mid-Wales and spent some time photographing Red Kites. </div>
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Pleasure birding seems to have taken a back seat over the last few months as we have been busy setting up a new branch of Aquila - ABT Ecology. Although there has been a lot to do and it is a big step to take, we felt the time was right to branch out offering environmental consultancy services along with the birding/wildlife tours, having spent the last three years working extensively within the industry. </div>
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Rarities were indeed just that during the festive period, despite some being on offer in the form of Brunnich's Guillemot, work prevented any trips. With this in mind it was pleasant to see a scarcity close to home in the form of a drake Green-winged Teal that was reported at Neumanns Flash, Northwich. Arriving on site I decided to turn left from the car park, this was a good move, as within minutes of being in the hide, I had found the bird. Good views of the bird were had varying on distant and light conditions. Unfortunately these conditions were not particularly conducive to photography, I did however manage a record shot clearly showing the vertical, opposed to horizontal wing flash. </div>
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Yesterday I got the chance to try again for the drake Baikal Teal that has been showing at Marshside RSPB. I say again because I've been no less than three other occasions in the last fortnight and failed miserably each time. Having emailed Jeff Hazell, a recent participant on our "November Costa Blanca Tour " to tell him of my failing he was quick to reply and tell me he had already been up and seen the bird. At seventy something years old Jeff, you are a legend. As you can see from the picture below, I finally managed to see the elusive bird and well worth my trouble it was - Mark </div>
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Baikal Teal there somewhere</div>
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Pink-Footed Geese</div>
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Here are some of the images from of our recent Costa Blanca Tour, that I have found time to process; a full trip report will be available soon on the main website. I'm sure some much better photos will also surface, as two of the three trip participants were very skilled amateur photographers. A combined trip total of 117 species were recorded, not bad in 5 days hey! </div>
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Highlights included - Greater spotted Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Black Wheatear, Spectacled Warblers, Bluethroat, Calandra Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, White-headed Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Red-knobbed Coot, Purple Swamphen, Penduline Tit, Zitting Cisticola, Moustached Warbler, Spotless Starling, Rock Sparrow and many many more!</div>
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If you like the sounds of our five day Spanish Tours, you should check out what additional species you can see on our spring dates! April 7th-12th and April 21st-26th. For further information please click <a href="http://www.aquilabirdtours.com/" target="_blank">here</a> to visit our website or e-mail info@aquilabirdtours.com</div>
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Dunlin</div>
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Spotted Redshank</div>
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Kentish Plover</div>
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Sanderling</div>
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Sanderling & Little Stint</div>
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Yellow Legged Gull</div>
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Greater Flamingo</div>
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Ruff</div>
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Avocet</div>
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Ruff</div>
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Nine Marsh Harrier on Vista Bella Road</div>
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Common Crane 4 of 22 seen</div>
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Spectacled Warbler</div>
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Audouin's Gulls</div>
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Audouin's Gulls</div>
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Slender Billed Gull</div>
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Common & Green Sandpiper</div>
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Black-Necked Grebe</div>
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Black-Necked Grebe</div>
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Greater Flamingo</div>
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Greenshank</div>
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Joined by Water Rail</div>
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Monk Parakeet</div>
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and again</div>
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Black Redstart</div>
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Great Bustard four out of 91 seen</div>
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Greater Spotted Eagle (Tonn)</div>
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Greater Spotted Eagle (Sub Adult)</div>
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