Spain: Castille La Mancha & Extremadura - February 2018 Photo Gallery by Geert Bauke Kortleve at pbase.com

Spain: Castille La Mancha & Extremadura - February 2018

Short Winter break in central Spain with fantastic birding in Castille La Mancha & Extremadura.
Visiting Parque Nacional de Cabañeros, Monfragüe Parque Nacional, the Tietar Valley South of Sierra de Gredos, Laguna de Navaseca and areas with Dehesa Woodlands.
Observations including: 8 Spanish Imperial Eagles, 30 Great Bustards, 55 White-headed Ducks, large flocks of Common Cranes,
numerous European Black Vultures and Griffon Vultures, Iberian Magpies, Black-winged Kites, Bluethroat, Wryneck and much more:
104 bird species in total.

Common Crane (Grus grus) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Common Crane (Grus grus) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Common Crane (Grus grus) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa

Common Crane (Grus grus) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) Spain - Cáceres
Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) Spain - Cáceres

Great Bustard (Otis tarda) Spain - Castile La Mancha
Great Bustard (Otis tarda) Spain - Castile La Mancha
Great Bustard (Otis tarda) Spain - Castile La Mancha

Great Bustard (Otis tarda) Spain - Castile La Mancha
Great Bustard (Otis tarda) Spain - Castile La Mancha
Great Bustard (Otis tarda) Spain - Castile La Mancha

Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) second calendar year - Spain - Torralba de Oropesa
Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) second calendar year - Spain - Torralba de Oropesa
Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) second calendar year - Spain - Torralba de Oropesa

Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) second calendar year - Spain - Torralba de Oropesa
Spanish Imperial Eagles (Aquila adalberti) Spain - Toledo - La Torre de Esteban Hambrán
Spanish Imperial Eagles (Aquila adalberti) Spain - Toledo - La Torre de Esteban Hambrán

Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) Spain - Toledo - La Torre de Esteban Hambrán
Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) Spain - Toledo - La Torre de Esteban Hambrán
Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) Spain - Toledo - La Torre de Esteban Hambrán

Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) and Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) Spain - Extremadura - Monfragüe P.N.
Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) Spain - Extremadura - Monfragüe P.N.
Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) Spain - Extremadura - Monfragüe P.N.

Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) Spain - Extremadura - Monfragüe P.N.
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca

White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca

White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei) Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain
Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki) Spain - Oropesa

Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki) Spain - Oropesa
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) Spain - Toril
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) Spain - Toril

Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) Spain - Daimiel - Laguna de Navaseca
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) Spain - Daimiel - Laguna de Navaseca
Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca

Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus) Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Spain - Daimiel
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Spain - Daimiel

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) 2nd Calendar year - Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca
Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) Spain - Oropesa
Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) Spain - Oropesa

Iberian Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis) Spain - Embalse de Arrocampo Almaraz
Iberian Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis) Spain - Daimiel
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Common Crane (Grus grus) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Common Crane (Grus grus) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa

Common Crane (Grus grus) Spain - Calzada de Oropesa
Iberian Wild Boar (Sus scrofa baeticus) Spain - Oropesa
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Spain - Oropesa

Spain - Extremadura, Monfragüe Parque Nacional
Spain - Parque Nacional de Cabañeros
Spain - Toledo, Calzada de Oropesa

Spain - Toledo, Calzada de Oropesa
Spain - Toledo, Calzada de Oropesa
Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca

Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca
Spain - Daimiel, Laguna de Navaseca

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Hennie & Lies Lammers 19-Feb-2018 09:43
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