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Bird trip to Spain 6th - 22nd April 2001

Species list

Little Grebe Tachibaptus ruficollis

06.04: 1 ind. In the pond near Belchite
11.04:10+ ind. Ebro Delta
12.04: 35+ ind. Ebro Delta and El Hondo (Together)
14.04: 15+ ind. Salinas de Roquetas
15.04: 30+ ind. Laguna de Medina-Doñana
16.04: 20+ ind. Donana
17.04: 40+ ind. Donana
18.04: 10+ ind. Roadside from La Serena-Trujillo

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

12.04: 4 ind. El Hondo (2 pairs)
15.04: 75 ind. Laguna de Medina (Ekstreme dense population?)
18.04: 5 ind. Between La Serena and Trujillo.

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

11.04: ~10 ind. Ebro delta
12.04: 15 ind. in Ebro Delta and and 10 El Hondo
13.04: 2 ind. Salina de Sta Pola
14.04: 6 ind. Salina de Cabo de Gata and Salina de Roquetas
15.04: 10 ind. Laguna de Medina Donana
16.04: 8 ind. Donana
17.04: 10 ind. Donana
18.04: 10 ind. La Serena-Trujillo

Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea

13.04: 11 ind. migrating NE off Cabo de Gata
14.04: 4 ind. migrating W off Cabo de Gata
15.04: 300+ migrating E off Tarifa (Strait of Gibraltar)

Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus

13.04: 1 ind. migrating NE off Cabo de Gata
15.05: 15 ind. migrating W off Tarifa (Strait of Gibraltar)

Gannet Sula bassana

13.04: 4 ind. migrating NE of Cabo de Gata
15.04: 10+ ind. migrating W off Tarifa

Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

11.04: 5 ind. Ebro Delta
12.04: 35 ind. Ebro Delta
13.04: 5 ind. Salinas de Sta Pola and 2 ind.Salinas de Cabo Gata
14.04: 2 ind.Salinas de Cabo Gata, and 3 ind. Salinas de Roquetas

Little Bittern Ixobrychos minutos

17.04: 1 male Valverde information centre in Donana

Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

10.04: 1 ind. passing the Hotel in Deltebre
12.04: 1 ind. Ebro delta
13.04: 2 ind. Informationcenter Donana

Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides

11.04: 5 ind. Ebro delta
12.04: 3 ind. Ebro delta
13.04: 1 ind. Salinas de Sta Pola
14.04: 2 ind. Salinas de Roquetas
15.04: 1 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 15 ind. La Rocina informationcenter
17.04: 1 ind, Valverde, Donana

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Common in wet- and Farmland max 300+ noted on the 11th.

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Common in wet- and Farmland max 300+ noted on the 11th.

Great Egret Egretta alba

11.04: 5 noted in the Ebro delta, 4 ind. the subsequent day
14.04: 1 ind. Salinas de Roquetas
15.04: 5 ind. Brazo del Este.

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Recorded on twelve days maks 25 on the 15th in the Donana area.

Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

07.04: 3 ind. (1+2) in two different lakes roadside near Sarinena.
11.04: 10 ind. recorded in Ebro, ~20 the subsequent day.
13.04: 1 ind. El Hondo.
14.04: 1 ind. Salinas de Roquetas.
15,04: 2 ind. Laguna de Medina, 3 ind. Brazo del Este.
16.04: 3 ind. in La Rocina.
17.04: 40+ ind mainly in the Information center of Donana

Black Stork Ciconia niger

19.04: 1 imm and 5 ad. in Monfrague
21.04: 3 ad Monfrague

White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Recorded on ten days maximum ~40 noted on the 16th in Donana.

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

17.04: 35+ noted in the informationcenter of Valverde, Donana

Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

15.04: 4 ind. El Rocio
16.04: 18 ind. El Rocio
17.04: 4 ind. El Rocio

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber

Recorded in great numbers when present on 6 days, max 1000+ ind, on the 11th in Ebro.

[Mute Swan Cygnus olor ]

14.04: 3 ind. Salinas de Roquetas.
15.04: 2 ind. Laguna de Medina.

Greylag Goose Anser anser

15.04: 4 ind. El Rocio
16.04: 4 ind. El Rocio

Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

11.04: 4 noted in Ebro, 6 the subsequent day.
13.04: 100+ Salinas de Santa Pola, 40 ind. on the way to Cabo de Gata.
14.04 10 ind. Salinas de Cabo de gata and Salinas de Roquetas

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Recorded twelve days. Common in every wetland.

Gadwall Anas strepera

11.04: ~25 ind. in Ebro, min. 40 ind. the subsequent day.
15.04: 2 ind. El Rocio
16.04: 8 ind. in Donana
17.04: 10 ind. in Donana
18.04: 2 ind. by the road from La Serena to Trujillo.

Pintail Anas acuta

16.04: 1 m. El Rocio, still present on the 17th.

Shoveler Anas clypeata

Recorded seven days with max 15 ind. on the 14th in Salinas de Cabo de Gata/Roquetas.

Common Teal Anas crecca

07.04: 2 ind. (m+f) near Sarinena

Garganey Anas querquedula

11.04: ~30 ind. Ebro
16.04. 8 ind. Doñana, six the subsequent day.

Marbled Teal Marmoronetta angustirostris

12.04: 2 ind. El Hondo
13.04: 2 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata
14.04: 2 ind. Brazo del Este.

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

11.04: 25 recorded in Ebro same count the subsequent day
15.04: 20 ind. Laguna de Medina, 30 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 40 ind. in Donana aprox. the same on the subsequent day.

Common Pochard Aythya ferina

12.04: 40 ind. El Hondo
13.04: 1m Salinas de Cabo de Gata
14.04: 3 ind. (2m+f) Salinas de Roquetas

Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

15.04: 18 ind. migrating W off Tarifa.

White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala

14.04: 100+ ind. most males Salinas de Roquetas

Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus

08.04: 2 ind. (ad+imm) Foz de Biniéz, Anso Valley
09.04: 5 ind. (4 ad+imm) Ifierno del Hecho and 3 from the car on the way to 4 ad+imm) Ifierno del Hecho and 3 from the car on the way to Tremp.

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus

08.04: 4 ind. recorded in Hecho/Anso valley(1 subad.)
09.04: 10 ind. recorded from variuos places mainly from the car.
19.04: 6 ind. in Monfrague
20.04: 1 ind. Trujillo-Monroy
21.04: 8 ind. Monfrague

Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus

Recorded eleven days, max 500+ on the 7th.

Black Vulture Aegypius monachus

19.04: tot. 7 ind., 2 ind on the road from Trujillo-Monfrague, and 5 in Monfrague
20.04: 6 ind. from the car Trujillo-Monroy-Trujillo.
21.04: tot.11 ind. 2 ind. over Trujillo, rest on the way to or in Monfrague
22.04: 1 ind. in Monfrague

Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus

14.04: 3 ind. Comming in over the Strait of Gibraltar
15.04: 4 ind. migrating N over Tarifa
16.04: 10 ind. Donana.

Osprey Pandeon haleatus

09.04: 1 ind. Hecho Valley
14.04: 1 ind. Comming in over the Strait of Gibraltar

Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti

19.04: 2 ad on nesting site in Monfrague also on the 21th.

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

07.04: 2 ind. (ad+2nd cal)) some km south of Malos de Riglos.
08.04: 2 subad. Hecho Camping (on the top)
09.04: 1 ind. From the car.

Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus

09.04: 2 ind in Hecho valley and two more from the car.
15.04: 1 ind. migrating N in Tarifa, and 3 ind. roadside Tarifa-Laguna de Medina
19.04: 3 ind. Monfrague
20.04: 2 ind. North of Monroy (B-w K. site)
21.04: 4 ind. Monfrague.

Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

07.04: 8 ind. (Pale) recorded roadside from Belchite to Hecho.
08.04: 3 ind. (Pale) Hecho/Anso Valley.
09.04: 2 ind. Hecho Valley
15.04: 1 Pale Right north of El Rocio
16.04: 5 ind. (2 dark, 3 Pale) in Donana
17.04: 1 ind. Donana
19.04: 4 ind. in Monfrague
20.04: 1 ind Trujillo-Monroy

Red Kite Milvus milvus

Recorded on 8 days, In the Pyrenees and Extremadura. Max 20+ on the 9th.

Black Kite Milvus migrans

Very common and localy abundant, recorded in great numbers on several days.

Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus

20.04: 2 ind. (m+f coppulating) wellknown site north of Monroy.

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

07.04: 2 ind. Belchite, 1 ind. near Sarinena.
11.04: ~20 ind. Ebro 10 recorded the subsequent day.
15.04: 2 ind. Laguna de Medina and 4 ind. Brazo del Este.
16.04: 1 ind. El Rocio
17.04: 5 ind. Donana
18.04: 2 ind. La Serena-Trujillo

Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

07.04: 1 male Belchite
12.04: 9 ind. (8 m+1 2nd cal) El Hondo, 5 ind. subsequent day
17.04: 3 ind. Donana-La Serena.
18.04: 7 ind. La Serena-Trujillo
19.04: 1 f. Castillo de Monfrague
20.04: 25+ Trujillo-Monroy (15 ind. over one cornfield)

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Recorded in singles or small numbers on 10 days, max 7 ind. on the 9th.

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

09.04: 1 ind. seen from the car
10.04: 1 ind. near Tremp.

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Recorded daily in small numbers, max 30 recorded on the 30th.

Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

07.04: 2 ind. (m+f) not far from Belchite
18.-21.04: several colonies seen around in Extremadura, also singles.

Hobby Falco subbuteo

11.04: 1 ind. Ebro
14.04: 1 ind. Cabo de Gata

Merlin Falco columbarius

09.04: 1 female Astun Ski Resort

Peregrine Falco peregrinus

07.04: 1 Belchite and 1 ind. en route to Hecho.
08.04: 1 ind. Hecho Valley and 1 ind. Anso Valley

Grey Partridge Perdix perdix

10.04: 1 ind. Andorra

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

07.04: 3 ind. en route Belchite-Hecho
15.04: 1 ind. en route Tarifa-Donana
16.04: 1 ind. Acebuche information center, Donana.
18.04: 4 ind. La Serena-Trujillo
20.04: 12 ind. Trujillo-Monroy

Quail Coturnix coturnix

11.04: 1 ind. Ebro
15.04: 2 ind. Brazo del Este.
17.04: 2 ind. Donana
18.04: 6 ind. La Serena and en route to Trujillo
20.04: 10 ind. in severeal cornfields between Trujillo and Monroy.

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

07.04: 5+ ind. Belchite
12.04: 10 ind. in Ebro, 1 ind on the 11th
13.04: 1 ind. El Hondo
14.04: 1 ind. Salinas de Roquetas
15.04: 2 ind. in Laguna de Medina and 6 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 1 ind. La Rocina

Little Crake Porzana parva

11.04: 1 female, informationcenter of Encanizada

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Recorded in good numbers in every wetland, max 800++ recorded on the 15th most of them in the Brazo del Este.

Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

11.04: 3 in Ebro, and 1 ind. the subsequent day.
15.04: 100+ most recorded in Brazo del Este.
16.04: 30 ind. Donana
17.04: 6 ind. Donana.

Coot Fulica atra

Recorded in in every wetland, max 30+ on the 17th in Donana.

Crested Coot Fulica cristata

15.04: 8 ind. in breeding plumage, Laguna de Medina.

Great Bustard Otis tarda

18.04: 25 ind. (25m+5f) La Serena
20.04: 2 ind. (m+f) 10km W of Trujillo

Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax

18.04: 12 ind. (males) La Serena and 1 male embalse de Sierra Brava.
20.04: 50+ ind. (males and females) mainly 10 km W of Trujillo, but also at other suitable places Trujillo-Monroy.

Oystercatcher Haematopus ostraelgus

11.04: 1 ind. Ebro
13.04: 2 ind. Salinas de Santa Pola
15.04: 5 ind. Tarifa

Avocet Recurvirostra avocetta

12.04: 150 ind. Ebro, 20 ind. previous day
13.-14.04: Recorded in Salinas de Santa Pola, Salinas de Cabo de Gata/Roqouetas
15.04: 6 migrating E off Tarifa and 40 ind. Brazo del Este.
16.04: 50 ind. El Rocio
17.04: 100+ ind. recorded in Donana

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Recorded in greater numbers than the former on same places, abundant.

Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus

07.04: 2 ind. singing by the junction of Cariñena(E7), and 2 ind. on the Plains Near Belchite.
18.04: 5 ind. La Serena
20.04: 8 ind. 10 km W of Trujillo

Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola

11.04: 8 ind. Ebro
12.04: 5 ind. El Hondo
14.04: 25 ind. Salinas de Roquetas
15.04: 3 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 5 ind. Acebuche Inf.center, Donana
17.04: 30 ind. recorded in Donana
18.04: 75 ind. recorded La Serena, and roadside to Trujillo

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Recorded on seven days, most common in Ebro, Salinas de Santa Pola/Cabo de Gata/Roquetas.

Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

11.04: 2 ind. Garxal, Ebro
15.04: 25 ind. Brazo del Este
16.-17.04: 60+ ind. El Rocio

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Recorded on seven days, most common in Ebro, Salinas de Santa Pola/Cabo de Gata/Roquetas, max 500+ noted in Ebro on the 11th, smaller numbers in El Rocio, 25+ noted on two days.

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola

11.04: 11 ind. Garxal, Ebro, 5 the subsequent day In Ebro.

Sanderling Calidris alba

14.04: 15 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata
15.04: 4 ind. off Tarifa

Little Stint Calidris minuta

11.04: 150+ ind. Ebro, same number subsequent day
13.04: 75+ ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata, same the subsequent day.
16.04: 75+ ind. El Rocio, Same the subsequent day.

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

14.04: 1 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata
16.07: 25+ El Rocio, same the subsequent day.

Dunlin Calidris alpina

13.04: 2 ind. Salinas de Santa Pola
14.04: 25 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata and 25 ind. Salinas de Roquetas
15.04: 15 ind. migrating E off Tarifa
16.04: 300+ ind. El Rocio, same the subsequent day.
18.04: 2+ ind. heard on migration during the night over La Serena.

Temminck's Stint Calidris teminckii

16.04: 3 ind. El Rocio

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

11.04: 4 ind. Ebro Delta, 1 the subsequent day
14.04: 2 ind. Salinas de Roquetas
15.04: 10 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 5 ind. El Rocio

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

07.04: 10 ind. recorded mainly near Belchite but also roadside on the way to Hecho.
10.04: 1 ind. Near Tremp
11.04: 1 ind. Ebro, 5 ind. the subsequent day
15.04: 1 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 3 ind. El Rocio

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleuca

10.04: 1 ind. roadside in Andorra
11.04: 2 ind. Ebro, 1 ind. the subsequent day.
14.04: 2 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata
15.04: 5 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 20+ ind. El Rocio, 15 ind. the subsequent day
18.04: 3 ind. La Serena-Trujillo
20.04: 2 ind. Trujillo-Monroy

Redshank Tringa totanus

Recorded in good numbers in Ebro, Salinas de Santa Pola/Cabo de Gata/Roquetas Brazo del Este and in El Rocio.

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

12.04: 5 ind. La Nòria, Ebro.
13.04: 15 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata
14.04: 1 ind. Salinas de Roquetas
16.04: 1 ind. El Rocio.

Greenshank Tringa nebularia

11.04: 50+ ind. Ebro(Mainly Garxal)10 ind. subsequent day in Ebro.
13.04: 5 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata same the subsequent day.
15.04: 4 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 5 ind. El Rocio, 4 ind. the subsequent day.
18.04: 4+ ind. heard on migration during the night over La Serena

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

16.04: 2 ind. El Rocio
17.04: 3 ind. El Rocio

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

12.04: 4 ind. Ebro
13.04: 5 ind. Salinas de Santa Pola
16.04: 50+ ind. El Rocio, same the subsequent day.

Curlew Numenius arquata

13.04: 1 ind. Salinas de Santa Pola

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

12.04 1 ind. Ebro Delta

Snipe Gallinago gallinago

07.04: 1 ind. near Belchite
11.04: 1 ind. Garxal, Ebro.
12.04: 2 ind. El Hondo

Ruff Philomachus pugnax

11.04: 30 ind. Garxal, Ebro
12.04: 50 ind. Ebro
13.04: 50 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata, 40 ind. the subsequent day
15.04: 75 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 40+ ind. El Rocio, same the subsequent day

Turnstone Arenaria interpres

11.04: 7 ind. Barra del trabucador, Ebro.
17.04: 1 ind. El Rocio

Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus

13.04: 1 ind. (Pale) migrating NE off Cabo de Gata

Great Skua Catharacta skua

15.04: 1 ind. migrating W off Tarifa

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

Recorded on nine days, inland in Belchite and La Serena-Trujillo. But mainly and in good numbers at the coast.

Slender-billed Gull Larus geneii

12.04: 4 ind. Barra del trabucador, Ebro.
13.04: 75 ind. Salinas de Santa Pola and 10 Salina de Cabo de Gata.
14.04: 20 ind. Salina de Cabo de Gata/Roquetas.

Western Yellow-legged Gull Larus argentatus michaelis

Recorded in grat numbers near the coast inland, 10 ind. near Tremp.

Audouin's Gull Larus Audouinii

11.04: 500+ La Banya point, Ebro, 10 ind. seen elsevere in Ebro the subsequent day.
13.04: 4 ind. off Cabo de Gata 2 ind. the subsequent day.
15.04: 5+ ind. off Tarifa

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

11.04: 1 ind. L'Alfacada, Ebro.
13.04: 2 ind. Salinas de Roquetas

Little Tern Sterna albifrons

13.04: 20+ ind. off La Marina and 3 ind. Salina de Santa Pola
15.04: 50+ ind. migrating E off Tarifa.

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis

Common along the coast.

Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica

11.04: 10 ind. Ebro, 15 ind. the subsequent day.
13.04: 3 ind. Salinas de Santa Pola
15.04: 15 ind. Brazo del Este
16.04: 4 ind. Donana
17.04: ~50 ind. Donana
18.04: 10 ind. La serena-Trujillo

Common Tern Sterna hirundo

11.04: 1 ind. Ebro, 2 ind. the subsequent day
13.04: 150+ off La Marina + "some" NE off Cabo de Gata.
14.04: 30+ on migration NE off Cabo de Gata
15.04: 100+ on migration E off Tarifa

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia

13.04: 1 ind. on migration NE off Cabo de Gata.

Black Tern Chlidonias niger

15.04: 20 ind. on migration E off Tarifa
16.04: 20 ind. El Rocio
17.04: 30+ ind. in El Rocio + elsevere in Doñana

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus

11.04: 200+ in Ebro (Most in Garxal) ~60 ind. recorded the subsequent day
12.04: 40 ind. El Hondo
13.04: 20 ind. Salinas de Santa Pola and 2 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata
14.04: 3 ind. Salinas de Cabo de Gata/Roquetas
15.04: 5 ind. on migration E off Tarifa, ~20 ind. at Brazo del Este.
16.04: 75+ ind. at varius places in Donana, 100+ the subsequent day.
18.04: 1 ind. Embalse del Sierra Brava

Razorbill Alca torda

13.04: 1 on sea off La Marina and1 ind. migrating W off Cabo de Gata, several sightings of Alca sp
15.04: 3 ind. on migration W off Tarifa, several sightings of Alca sp.

Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

07.04: 11 ind. on the plains near Belchite
18.04: 15 ind. La Serena

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata

07.04: 14 ind. on the Plains near Belchite

Rock Dove Columba livia

Common

Stock Dove Columba oenans

10.04: 1 ind. near Tremp

Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus

Recorded on seven days in samll numbers, max 15 on the 9th roadside from Hecho to Tremp.

Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Recorded every day bar one in towns and villages.

Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur

07.04: 1 ind. on the plains near Belchite
16.04: 5 ind. La Rocina/Acebuche, Donana
17.04: 2 ind. Donana-La Serena
19.04: 5 ind. Monfrague
20.04: 2 ind. Trujillo-Monroy

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

10.07: 2 ind. near Tremp
12.04: 3 ind. Ebro and 2 ind. El Hondo
13.04: 1 ind. Cabo de Gata
16.04: 6 ind. Donana, 3 the subsequent day.
18.04: 2 ind. La Serena
19.04: 8 ind. Monfrague
20.04: 6 ind. Trujillo-Monroy
21.04: 2+ ind. Monfrague
22.04: 2 ind. Monfrague

Great Spotted Cuckoo Glamator glandarius

16.04: 2 ind. La Rocina, Donana
20.04: 2 ind. 10 km W of Trujillo and 1 ind. Roadside to Monroy

Tawny Owl Strix aluco

09.-10.04: 1 ind. near Tremp
16.04: 1 ind in El Rocio.

Eagle Owl Bubo bubo

21.04: 2 ind. Portilla del Tietar, Monfrague

Barn Owl Tyto alba

18.04: 1 ind. in Trujillo

Little Owl Athene noctua

07.04: 3 ind. on the plains near Belchite
18.04: 4 ind. La Serena
19.04: 1 ind. 2 km north of Trujillo
20.04: 7 ind. Trujillo-Monroy, most of them 10 km W of Trujillo.

Scops Owl Otus scops

07.04: 1 singing male between Carinena and Belchite
09.04: 4 singing males near Tremp

Swift Apus apus

1 ind. on the 7th then seen daily from the 11th, max: 10000+ in El Hondo on the 12th.

Pallid Swift Apus pallida

Recorded seven days, max. 40+ El Hondo on the 12th also good numbers on migration Cabo de Gata and Tarifa (14th and 15th) and nesting in Trujillo.

Pallid/Common Swift Apus apus/pallida

Recorded daily from the 12th.

Alpine Swift Apus melba

08.04: 11 ind. Foz de Biniez, Anso Valley.
10.04: 1 ind. Andorra
13.04: 5+ ind. Cabo de Gata
19.04: 12 ind. Monfrague
20.04: 15 ind. near a bridge crossing the river Magasca.

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