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 Pin tailed Sandgrouse |
 Rock Bunting |
 Roller |
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29th April :- Everyone had arrived the day before, which enabled us to get a good start after one of my wife's hearty breakfasts. The hour's drive inland was full of discussion about the week ahead and the prospects of certain species, we obviously didn't realise that all our expectations would be exceeded. Our first stop were the agricultural fields around Bonete, Coral Rubio, & Petrola, were we soon found our first 4 Great Bustards & 2 male Little Bustards, although a male Black Wheatear was the surprise find here, my first in many visits. Other species along the roads and tracks included 2 Stone Curlews, Eurasian & 6 Lesser Kestrels, a Tawny Pipit, Little Owl, Calandra, Crested & Thekla Larks, Black eared Wheatear, Southern Grey Shrike, Whinchat, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Tree & Rock Sparrows, plus the commoner species. After lunch in Petrola we went round to the lagoon (pictured) seeing Black & Whiskered Terns, Shelducks, Gadwall, Red Crested Pochards, 2 Marsh Harriers, Black winged Stilts, Avocets, Lapwing, Little Ringed & Kentish Plovers, Common Redshank, Wood & Common Sandpipers, a Little Stint, with a Hobby and 10+ Bee-eaters moving through. Just outside Chinchilla we stopped at another couple of roadside pools were Ken found a pair of Marbled Duck, with additions of 2 Common Buzzards, several Ringed Plovers, a Common Snipe, 10+ Ruff, 2 Greenshank, and a Little Egret. The next hour travelling west was quite uneventful but an 'ice-cream stop' did produce a singing Skylark in the nearby fields. At Manvajacas the wildfowl & wader fest continued with much of the same species plus Shoveler, Common Pochard, 20+ Dunlin, more Ruff, Redshank, & Greenshank, a male Montagu's Harrier, and another Green Woodpecker. At Pedro Munoz the water levels were still high so we added our only Great Crested Grebe, with plenty of Little & Black necked Grebes, as well as 10+ White headed Ducks, 100+ Greater Flamingos, a Gull billed Tern with more Black & Whiskered Terns, the edges held several singing Great Reed & Eurasian Reed Warblers. It was now late afternoon so made the short trip to the hotel at Quintanar de la Orden where we met my good friend Mick Vivian, who was joining us for a couple of days.
30th April :- A restless first night meant I was up at dawn (as was Mick) so we decided to check Miguel Estaban to make sure it worthy of a visit with the rest of the group. This is an excellent reserve and the water levels were ´spot on` and we found 7 Curlew & Wood Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks, summer plumage Ruff and a male Garganey with the commoner waders and ducks. At 08:30 we all met and headed straight for the reserve where we spent the next two hours enjoying it's varied birdlife. At the wader pool (pictured) we saw a lot of the same species but unfortunately the Curlew Sandpipers had departed, but we did find a small flock of Greater Flamingo's and in the deeper pools we had good views of 4 White headed Ducks, Black necked Grebes, a Purple Heron, White Storks on the nest, Greenshanks, Common Sandpipers, a Black Kite, Yellow legged Gull, Spotted & Pied Flycatchers, Hoopoes, Willow, Cetti's, and Great Reed Warblers. However the highlight was finding 80+ Pin tailed Sandgrouse feeding in a field looking wonderful in the morning sunshine, and while we were watching these a Great Spotted Cuckoo flew out calling and headed right past us. After breakfast we then visited Villacanas were we saw a few Collared Pratincoles, plus a Garganey, Shovelers, and Yellow Wagtails, before heading west again to Tablas de Diamiel. This premier reserve is having problems with maintaining water levels but the extensive reedbed still hold some excellent species. During our time there we managed to find Moustached & Savi's Warblers, 2 Penduline (thanks Mick), & 6 Bearded Tits, Great & Blue Tits, Zitting Cisticolas, Nightingales, Tree Sparrows, a male Pied Flycatcher, and 2 Reed Buntings. We left and continued on our way towards our second nights accommodation in Alcoba, which was broken up with sightings of White Storks, Kestrels and a Raven. After checking in a few of us decided to give the Los Cabañeros reserve hide a look before a 'well-earned' beer and evening meal. Since the terrain had now changed to Dehesa so had the species and we found Spanish Sparrows, 4 Azure winged Magpies, more Lesser Kestrels, Black Kites and Common Buzzards, Stock & Turtle Doves, Common Cuckoos, Bee-eaters, Calandra larks, Stonechats, 10+ Woodchat Shrikes, and Jackdaws. After an excellent meal and a few bottles of red wine we retired early to bed since we had an early start for our 4 x 4 safari.
1st May :- At 7am (just before dawn) we met our driver & guide Juan Manuel in his specially adapted 4 x 4 vehicle to spend the next four hours being shown the excellent Los Cabañeros reserve, the 'Serengeti of Spain'. This huge reserve has restrictions on people entering the site and consequently makes it an excellent place to see certain mammal species as well as having one of the largest concentrations on Black Vulture with c. 160 pairs. This morning's tour was superb with our guide taking us to lots of different habitats from the Raña (grasslands) to the mountains, starting with 2 Rollers at the entrance, and Dartford Warbler as we left. The highlights were numerous, which included our first adult Spanish Imperial Eagle, 2 adult Golden Eagles, and several Booted & Short toed Eagles, Little Bustard in the middle of the track, 10+ Golden Orioles in one small area, a pair of Goshawks, plenty of Black & Griffon Vultures, small herds of Red Deer, and a large family party of Wild Boar including 8 tiny piglets bringing up the rear. Other birds added to ever-growing list were Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Red rumped Swallows, Blue Rock Thrush, Northern Wheatears, and Chaffinches. Sadly we said our " goodbyes" to Juan Manuel, loaded up the vehicle and left Alcoba for Extremadura. A short stop at the Embalse de Garcia Sola produced our fifth species of eagles with pair of adult Bonelli's Eagles showing over the hillside, as well as 4 Black Storks, Griffon Vultures, Alpine Swifts, Crag Martins, Red rumped Swallows, Long tailed Tits and a Grey wagtail. Here we left Mick to continue south as we headed for lunch before going to the excellent Vegas Altas rice fields. Just outside Vegas Altas we stopped at the river and found our two target species Red Avadavat & Common Waxbill both showing very well together close to the road. Further into the rice fields we found a group of 17 Great Bustards that we saw both in flight and walking through the ploughed fields a marvellous sight. We continued to traverse the tracks and checking one or two of the flooded fields finding 50+ Cattle Egrets, Marsh Harrier, Lesser Kestrels, 30+ Collared Pratincoles, Lapwing, Greenshanks, Dunlin, 50+ Gull billed Terns, Turtle Doves and Southern Grey Shrike. We continued north towards Trujillo checking one or two areas for Black shouldered Kite but without success. We arrived at our hotel in Torrejon del Rubio where we quickly checked into our rooms and retired to the bar for a cold beer before a 'freshen up' and the excellent evening meal. We stopped at the Hotel Carvajal for the next 3 nights.
2nd May :- Most of today was going to be spent in Monfrague National Park and after breakfast we travelled the short distance to it's entrance and a little further stopped near the 'Arroyo de la Vid'. This riverine hillside with dehesa held many species including 2 Hawfinches, Rock Sparrow, Woodlarks, Mistle Thrush, Azure winged Magpies, Red rumped Swallows, Corn Buntings, and Sardinian Warbler, and as we were about to leave an Osprey was found above the hillside, clearly on migration. Our next stop was at the 'Castillo de Monfrague' were we parked at the top of the hill and walked up to see the excellent views from the castle. While we were up there we found Sub-alpine Warblers, Blue Rock Thrushes, Rock Buntings, Red billed Chough, Sparrowhawk, and hirundines. However as we were about to leave Ken got a glimpse of a swift he was sure was a 'White rumped' a very early record for this species. We went back to the castle walls where a certain 'Finnish raptor expert' said he had just seen a White rumped Swift, so we waited a few minutes and there it was flying below us with the Red rumped Swallows. Over the next 30 minutes we enjoyed several views of this extremely rare Extremaduran breeder as it made passes along the side of the castle walls, well done Ken for an excellent find. Elated we returned to the vehicle and made our way to the car park at the bottom of the hill and decided upon a short walk around this wooded area. The walk produced Woodchat Shrikes, another Hawfinch for a couple of the party but the area seemed quiet. It was back at the vehicle we did well finding a Nuthatch's nest with the pair obviously feeding young, a single Cirl Bunting, Long tailed, Great, & Blue Tits, plus a dog fight between 6 Black Kites and 2 Booted Eagles directly overhead. Next we stopped at the famous Peña Falcon with it's masses of Griffon Vultures loafing around the rock, also here we found our first 2 Egyptian Vultures, 3 Black Storks, Black Kites, Booted & Short toed Eagle, Ravens, Alpine & Common Swifts, Linnets, Greenfinch & Chaffinches, and Blue Rock Thrush. Next we stopped at the bridge and had our lunch, with 100´s of martins and swifts nest under it, along with a Wren and a Nightingale seen near where we sat. A walk along the river produced more birds including Common Sandpiper, 2 Black Vultures, a Kingfisher (for Ian), a pair of Black Redstarts, Spotted Flycatcher, a calling Cuckoo, plus Spanish Festoon Butterfly and an Ocellated Lizard. We continued along the road to arguably Monfrague' s most famous rock Portilla de Tietar in search of two of it's speciality breeding species. After much searching we found our first quarry a young Eagle Owl that eventually gave good views as it got up and shuffled along under the bush where the nest is. Unfortunately the adults were no-where to be seen so we had to be satisfied with the views we had of this large young bird. We then moved position and quickly found our second target an adult Spanish Imperial Eagle sat on it's nest. We stayed there for about an hour enjoying these birds and also more Black Storks, Griffon & Egyptian Vultures, Ravens, Grey Heron, and our only Cormorant of the trip so far. Just as we were leaving we got stopped by another group of birdwatchers (who we had shown the Eagle Owl too), they had found an Otter in the Embalse, and over the next few minutes we were treated to excellent views as it swam around just below us. We then slowly drove back through the reserve making a brief stop at a pine plantation where we found Crested & Long tailed Tits, Great Spotted Woodpecker, and a Short toed Eagle low over the trees. Although the highlight was a rendition of 'Let's go fly a Kite' as John tried to photograph a close Black Kite, which caused much amusement with a car full of Spanish visitors. The journey back to Torrejon was pretty uneventful apart from a Black eared Wheatear at the side of the road, and after a rest and a drink at the hotel we drove out along the Monroy road seeing a Red Kite en-route. We stopped at a known site for Black shouldered Kite, but again failed to find this enigmatic species, however we did locate a calling Common Quail, another Short toed Eagle, Southern Grey Shrike, White Storks, Sardinian Warblers, Zitting Cisticolas, Spanish Sparrows, Corn Buntings, and Goldfinches.
3rd May :- The weather today had changed from the last days of sunshine, to a good start that turned to intermittent rain by the afternoon, despite this we still managed a very good day by luckily avoiding the rain by travelling during these periods. An early morning walk by me produced 2 more Red Kites along with a few Crested Larks, Corn Buntings and Azure winged Magpies. Our first destination was the 'Santa Marta de Magasca' road situated just outside Trujillo, which is a known area for holding plenty of steppe species. At our first stop we found a 3 Montagu's Harriers, several Little Bustards, and lots of Calandra & Crested Larks but not much else, however it was a different story a few kilometres down the road. Again there were plenty of Little Bustards 'raspberry blowing', as well as the usual larks, but after a while we found our first sandgrouse with a flock of 11 Pin tailed Sandgrouse making several passes before landing out of sight. Then I picked up more sandgrouse and identified them as our first 4 Black bellied Sandgrouse, followed by 4 more which were joined by a couple more Pin tails making their plumage and structural differences easy to make out. While this was going on a car load of Italian birdwatchers (from the Carvajal) stopped (luckily Olga speaks Italian - bueno) so she explained what we were seeing, eventually they got on to the birds in question and the ensuing celebration was something to behold. Next we went out to Belen Plain where a couple of roadside stops produced Black Kites, Griffon Vultures, Lesser Kestrels, singing Calandra, Crested & Thekla Larks, and Corn Buntings. At the crossroads we walked along the left hand track finding our only Short toed Larks, plus 14 Great Bustards, a few Little Bustards, 5 Great Spotted Cuckoos, a Common Buzzard, Bee-eaters and Ravens. The weather was now turning grey so we decided to go for lunch along with a quick look at the fine city of Trujillo, where the annual 'Cheese Festival' had finished in it's main square. In the square we saw the nesting White Storks, along with several Lesser Kestrels and Common Swifts, then at the bullring we found more Lesser Kestrels, with Black winged Stilts, Little Ringed Plovers and a few ducks on a nearby pond. The weather was improving slightly so we headed north to the heath at Jaraciejo in search of it's 'sylvia warblers' and within a few minutes of arriving John had found our first male Dartford Warbler. Soon after I glimpsed another greyish warbler flying into a nearby Holm Oak and got the others on to the tree, and Ken said eagerly "Orphean" but from a different part of the tree. I then found my bird, which was also a male Western Orphean Warbler and watched one bird chased the other away from the immediate area. One male then returned to the original tree and was then joined by a female at which point we left them both to their routine. A walk along a track out on to the heath proved difficult for our second target and after several views of Dartford Warblers, Mike eventually found a male Spectacled Warbler sat on top of a dead bush singing away. During this time we also found a Short toed & Booted Eagle, Woodlarks, Southern Grey & Woodchat Shrikes, Stonechats, Nightingale, Bee-eaters and Red rumped Swallows. As the weather was turning inclement again we decided to head back to the hotel and get ready for our departure the following morning.
4th May :- Today we were leaving our hotel at Torrejon del Rubio and unfortunately the weather was still grey with intermittant showers. We had heard of a possible Black shouldered Kite site just outside Monfrague so we drove through the park stopping only at Portilla de Tietar where again we saw the adult Spanish Imperial Eagle and the young Eagle Owl at their nests. Just outside the park we found the area but the tracks were pretty bad so we had to content ourselves with 3 Golden Orioles, Woodlarks, Spotted Flycatcher, Azure winged Magpies, Chaffinches, White Storks, and Black Kites. As the rain started we left here and headed west to Saucedilla and the lagoons of Almaraz , which seemed quiet but we did see 10+ Ruff, Little Egrets, Grey Heron, Marsh Harriers, Great & European Reed Warblers and 2 Whimbrel flying over was an added bonus. We then continued to the nearby Embalse de Arrocampo and as we got out the vehicle we found a Sedge Warbler singing in some scrub. A look over some roadside pools produced Grey, Purple, & Night Herons, a brief Purple Gallinule, and several Sand Martins. We then had a walk around the side of the embalse finding a Little Bittern, 2 Shoveler, Cetti's, Great Reed & Eurasian Reed Warblers, Stonechats, Nightingale and Woodchat Shrike. However as we returned Mike found a female Little Bittern sat in the open and as it moved a flash of blue crossed my binoculars, and I said "Water Rail?". However Ken then saw it better and said "it's too small, it a crake", by which time I had my scope out and confirmed the primary projection, we had found an adult male Little Crake, a very good bird for this area. We all watched it for a while as it crept through the reeds eventually showing very well to us all and another group there. Very satisfied we left and as we got to the van a then Great White Egret flew right over us, and some of the group saw a Purple Gallinule down to a few metres. It was now time to head towards the Gredos Mountains but lunch was taken just outside the lovely town of Oropresa, before driving the minor road to San Julian. Along here we saw many typical dehesa species, plus a party of Griffon and 2 Black Vultures sat in a field giving an excellent comparison. Our target was the kite and just outside San Julian Ken spotted a small(ish) raptor chasing a Black Kite, and called "there's one". I made a quick roadside stop and we got out to watch it land in a tree in full view, and over the next 15 minutes we had excellent scoped views of an adult Black shouldered Kite. Things were going well and the weather was improving, and an impromptu stop on the road to Candeleda produced an Osprey (carrying a headless fish!), Hobby, Great Cormorants, Grey Heron, Long tailed Tits, Southern Grey Shrike and 3 male Sub-alpine Warblers. We arrived at Arenas de San Pedro late afternoon so we checked into the hotel and decided to do our own thing until it was time for the evening meal.
5th May :- Our final full day's birdwatching and one I was really looking forward too all week, as this was an area I had not previously visited, but had plenty of information on. We off up the mountain road towards the 'Parador de Gredos' with our first stop at Puerto del Pico an incredibly scenic car park and a reccé of the area produced our first brief Honey Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Whitethroat, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Dunnocks, Linnets, Rock Buntings, Northern Wheatears, and Common Cuckoo. The next stop was due to a Red Kite sat on a pylon but as there was a river nearby we walked to the bridge and watched for a while finding a Sparrowhawk, Booted Eagles, Black Kites, Rock Sparrows, a Grey & Yellow Wagtail, 2 Blackcaps, Melodious Warbler, Turtle Dove, Red rumped Swallow, and a Nightingale. Finally at the Parador we got out of the van and I looked at a bird sat on the roof, which was incredibly our first Ortolan Bunting. We walked around this lovely hotel eventually seeing 3 Citril Finch feeding on the path, and the surrounding pines produced a couple of Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Short toed Treecreeper, Coal, Great & Blue Tits, male Pied Flycatcher, Jays, and a Robin. Sadly we left this excellent area and took the minor road to the 'Platforma de Gredos', stopping next at the 'Puente del Duque', another fantastic area. On the river we found Grey Wagtail and after some searching John found a Dipper, a Honey Buzzard flew just over our heads and at least 4 Hobby's were found by Mike. Also here we saw Crossbills, Goldcrests, Crested & Coal Tits, Crag Martins, and Olga found a Red Squirrel to add to the mammal list. The scenery was superb and it was great to get such brilliant views of things like Rock Bunting as we continued up to the car park associated with the Platforma. The weather was now grey again and quite cold but from the car park we saw a Water Pipit, Griffon Vultures, Black Redstarts, Dunnocks, Ortolan & more Rock Buntings and a family party of Iberian Ibex. John & I decided to walk up towards the reservoir but the rain came on and we ended up getting soaked, then while we were sat in the car a Dutch party informed us they had just seen a Rock Thrush. So we all got out and searched the area eventually relocating it on the hillside giving very good but distant views as it sang from a large rock. We then returned back down the mountain stopping at the Parador for a coffee but again seeing the Citril Finches as well as a Hobby. We returned to the hotel thoroughly elated after another brilliant day out in the field.
6th May :- When we were ready we packed the van for the final time and set off on the long drive back east stopping periodically for breakfast and lunch. We arrived in the Alicante area by mid afternoon, which gave us time to fit in a couple of sites before leaving Ken, John & Ian at the finca. Firstly we checked the dwarf pine plantation on the Santa Pola coastline but the 'hoped for' Rufous Bushchats were not showing or singing. We did however manage to add an excellent Wood Warbler, Little & Sandwich Terns, and Turnstone to our final tally. Then we drove around to the edge of El Hondo on the way to Crevillente and as we passed the Palm groves we found a Roller sat right out in the open, which Olga really enjoyed since she didn't see the other ones too well. At Finca Bonelli's Eagle we were greeted by Colin & Jane and right on cue an adult Bonelli's Eagle showed right over our heads making a fantastic finish to an excellent week.
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
European Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
European Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
Western Marsh-harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Spanish Eagle (Aquila (heliaca) adalberti)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciatus)
Booted Eagle (Aquila pennatus)
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Little Crake (Porzana parva)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Common Coot (Fulica atra)
Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Little Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis (hypoleucos) Hypoleucos)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Western Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans michahellis)
Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia 'feral')
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
European Scop's Owl (Otus scops)
Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer)
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
European Roller (Coracias garrulus)
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis sharpei)
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella (cinerea) brachydactyla)
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
Thekla Lark (Galerida (malabarica) theklae)
Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)
Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Eurasian Crag-martin (Hirundo rupestris)
Eurasian Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica rufula)
House Martin (Delichon urbica)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Spanish Yellow-wagtail (Motacilla flava iberiae)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
Blue Rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Great Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Western Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Western Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
Eurasian Penduline-tit (Remiz pendulinus)
Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
Southern Grey Shrike (Lanius (excubitor) meridionalis)
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana)
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Rock Petronia (Petronia petronia)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Eurasian Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
European Serin (Serinus serinus)
Citril Finch (Serinus citrinella)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)