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Systematic list - part 5: Waders (Shorebirds)

All dates refer to May 2013

 

Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus (5)

2-3 Ebro Delta 20th and 21st.

 

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (150+)

2 Utxesa 16th, 1 Laguna de la Playa 17th, 1 between Jaca and Ebro Delta 18th, c. 100 Ebro Delta 20th and 21st, 8 Ullals de Baltasar 21st.

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Black-winged Stilts, Ebro Delta, 21st May

 

Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta (40+)

10 Ebro Delta 20th, 40 Ebro Delta 21st.

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Avocet, Ebro Delta, 21st May

 

Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus (10)

2 Utxesa 16th, 1 heard El Planerón 17th, 7 north of Candasnos 17th.

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Stone-Curlews, north of Candasnos, 17th May

 

Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola (4)

4 Ebro Delta 20th.

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Collared Pratincoles, Ebro Delta, 20th May

 

Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula (320)

Flocks of 200 and 120 in paddyfields Ebro Delta 20th and 21st.

 

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus (12+)

10-12 Ebro Delta 20th-21st May. Dave also had 1 Laguna de la Playa 17th.

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Kentish Plovers, Ebro Delta, 20th May

 

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola (1)

1 Ebro Delta 20th.

 

Sanderling Calidris alba (10)

10 Ebro Delta 21st.

 

Bar-tailed Godwit Calidris alba (10)

10 Ebro Delta 21st.

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Bar-tailed Godwits, Ebro Delta, 21st May

 

Curlew Numenius arquata (2)

2 Ebro Delta 20th.

 

Redshank Tringa totanus (50+)

Up to 47 Ebro Delta 20th-21st.

 

Greenshank Tringa nebularia (14+)

Up to 14 Ebro Delta 20th-21st.

 

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos (2)

1 heard Utxesa 16th, 1 Ebro Delta 20th.

 

 

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