Site Report: Playa Los Lances, Spain

European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)

Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)

Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)




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European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)

Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)

Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Estuary
Visits
- 2025-03-02: We rented an apartment in Tarifa, staying for 9 days. This is a bit longer than we usually stay in the same place, but let's see how it goes. It was good weather if a little windy, and we decided to walk west from our apartment to the Los Lances area. Despite many signs about protecting the wildlife in the area, there were so many people with off-leash dogs and/or horses in the wildlife area. Because of this, it was difficult to get any good wildlife observations. The ocean itself was covered in kiteboarders and windsurfers as well, though they were better behaved regarding the shorebirds.
- 2025-03-03:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (36 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Darkling Beetles
- Darkling Beetle (Pimelia fairmairii)
Phylum: Chordates
(35 records)
Class: Birds
(35 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
- Order: Pelicans
(7 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Family: Storks
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Order: Perching Birds
(16 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- Family: Larks
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (7 records)