We set off from the hotel in the pouring rain heading for the village of Benalup and then into La Janda from the North. The rain did ease off and we were able to start spotting birds including some Red-legged Partridges moving slong the skyline..
Partridge skyline
There were more black shouldered kites out hunting but not within reasonable camera range, in fact the only birds that were easy to photograph were the large numbers of White Storks feeding in the cut rice fields.
White Storks
Freshwater Crayfish
The wet weather conditions seemed to suit these Freshwater Crayfish which were out of the water in numbers crossing the road and moving over land presumably in search of food. Elena discovered that they could deliver quite a nip, drawing pinpricks of blood from her thumb as she attempted to help one across the road out of the way of traffic.
Birds were not so prolific as crayfish, Marsh harriers, kestrels and a few buzzards joined the black winged kites in the hunt for prey but there was very little else out in the open, so at midday we went our separate ways, in our case headed for home.
A full report and details of the 93 species counted on our trip can be seen on Bob Wright´s Birding Axarquia blog;-
http://birdingaxarquia.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/axarquia-bird-group-visit-to-tarifa-and_21.html
Birds were not so prolific as crayfish, Marsh harriers, kestrels and a few buzzards joined the black winged kites in the hunt for prey but there was very little else out in the open, so at midday we went our separate ways, in our case headed for home.
A full report and details of the 93 species counted on our trip can be seen on Bob Wright´s Birding Axarquia blog;-
http://birdingaxarquia.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/axarquia-bird-group-visit-to-tarifa-and_21.html
