{"id":1847,"date":"2022-10-19T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2022-10-19T11:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:36:19","slug":"dutch-birders-spring-birding-in-lleida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/dutch-birders-spring-birding-in-lleida\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch birders spring birding in Lleida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michiel from the Netherlands had been with us before, the first time almost 10 years ago! This time he came to Lleida for five days with 2 friends.<\/p>\n

\"Dutch

Dutch birder on cliff edge near Lleida<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

We spent one day on the nearby plains of Huesca, one day in the Ebro Delta, one day in the Pre-Pyrenees, one day around Lleida, and one day at and around Belchite.
\n174 species in all<\/strong>, here are the highlights of each day:<\/p>\n

1. Black Stork, Egyptian Vulture, Golden Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Stone Curlew, Alpine Swift, Hoopoe, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Calandra Lark, Black-eared Wheatear, Black Wheatear, Blue Rock Thrush, Rock Sparrow, Penduline Tit, Iberian Grey Shrike<\/p>\n

2. Garganey, Little Bittern, Purple Heron, Spoonbill, Goshawk, Osprey, waders, Slender-billed Gull, Audouin’s Gull, Caspian Tern, Black Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Whiskered Tern, Water Pipit, Whinchat, Savi’s Warbler, Western Subalpine Warbler, Spotted Crake<\/p>\n

3. Lammergeier, Black Vulture, Short-toed Eagle, Dipper, Rock Bunting, Firecrest, Crested Tit, Cirl Bunting.<\/p>\n

4. Pallid Harrier, Booted Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Merlin, Little Bustard, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Dupont’s Lark (h), Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (h), Red-rumped Swallow, Hawfinch.<\/p>\n

\"Mediterranean

Mediterranean Short-toed Lark. Photo by Michele Mendi<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

5. Golden Eagle, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Dupont’s Lark, Mediterranean Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Wryneck, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Golden Eagle, Hen Harrier, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Spectacled Warbler, Dartford Warbler.<\/p>\n

Birding with lots of birds, good company and good weather. What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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