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RSPB OXFORD LOCAL GROUP
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DATE:25th April to 2nd May 2006  
LOCATION: Doñana and Extremadura, Spain
WEATHER
Mainly sunny gradually getting hotter.  The mornings in Doñana were misty at the start of the holiday
 

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nicticorax nycticorax)

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Great Egret (Egretta alba)

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Gadwall (Anas strepera)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Garganey (Anas querquedula)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)

White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephla)

Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)

Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus)

Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti)

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Red Kite (Milvus milvus)

Western Marsh-harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caerulus)

Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Lesser Kestrel ( Falco naumanni)

Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)

Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) - heard only

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Red-knobbed Coot  (Fulica cristata)

Purple Swamp Hen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Great Bustard (Otis tarda)

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)

Collared Pratincole (Glareola praticola)

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Common Redshank (Tringa  totanus)

Common Greenshank (Tringa  nebularia)

Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria intrepres)

Sanderling (Calidris  alba)

Dunlin (Calidris  alpina)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cacchinans)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii) 

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)

Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)

Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)

Rock Dove (Columba livia)

Stock Dove (Columba oenas)

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canoris)

Great-spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) - heard only

Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Common Swift (Apus apus)

Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)

Alpine Swift (Apus melba)

Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

European Roller (Coracias garrulus)

Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)

Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

Thekla Lark (Galerida theklae)

Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)

Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

Eurasian Crag Martin ( Ptyonoprogne rupestris)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)

House Martin (Delichon urbica)

White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba)

Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)

Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)

Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Song Thrush (Turdus  philomelos)

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephela)

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

Savi's Warbler (Leucostella luscinoides)

Cetti’s Warbler (Cetti cetti)

Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)

Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)

Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)

Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) - heard only

Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus)

Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

Great Tit (Parus major)

Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)

Crested Tit (Parus cristatus)

Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)

Woodchat Shrike ( Lanius senator)

Southern Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)

Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)

Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)

Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)

Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

European Serin (Serinus serinus)

European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)

Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)

Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)

Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)

 
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