Spain

Day 6 19th May 2011

Today I visited an area called El Corredor Verde del guadiamar (the green corridor) that was created after a pollution diaster in 1998. Here I had Montagu's harrier booted eagle, osprey, kestrel, quail, turtle dove,Spanish wagtail, great crested grebe and nightingale.

 A strange mammal about 18 inches long with a long thin tail with a bushy black end to it, and short legs, scurried across the road on the way home near Villamanrique. I did a quick sketch of it and later identified it with the help of the warden at the SEO hide in El Rocio as an egyptian mongoose.  

     

Pale phase booted eagle

                                                               swallowtail

                                                         A remote-control black kite!

                                                  A black Kite picking food from the lake

                                                        night heron

                                                        osprey

                                                           Moorish gecko