After a successful nip back to the Laguna de Terelo for
White-headed Ducks (
Oxyura leucocephala) and another unsuccessful trip through the Algaida pines for
Azure-winged Magpies (
Cyanopica cyanus) we started to make our way back to the main road for a quick run north to the Brazo del Este area. The chosen route found us heading east on an incredibly long, straight road in a dreadful state of repair, which made progress frustratingly slow and put the trip north in doubt. In the end the decision was made for us by the appearance of a
Collared Pratincole (
Glareola pratincola) on a roadside bank. We lingered to watch 50 or more here on the adjacent field and to keep us there longer two or three
Purple Herons (
Ardea purpurea) kept appearing along with some interesting insects and a constant barrage of
Great Reed Warbler (
Acrocephalus arundinaceus) song. So we never made it to Brazo del Este and the Pinzon Marshes, and that will have to wait for another trip.
Collared Pratincole (
Glareola pratincola) - Click for larger pics
Digiscoped with Nikon CP995, Leica APO77 + 20x eyepeice
I can make out three 'prats', or is it four!
Small Copper (
Lycaena phlaeas) - Click for larger pic
Egyptian Grasshopper (
Anacridium aegyptium) - Click for larger pic
Scarlet Darter
Crocothemis erythraea - Click for larger pic
Nikon CP995
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