Site Report: Embalse de Arrocampo

Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)




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Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
Reservoir with nuke plant water.
Visits
- 2015-04-02: We stopped here to look for waterbirds, but they were all hiding in the middle of the day. People were fishing, and they seemed to be catching fish if not the ones that look edible. Surprisingly, none of the fish had three eyes.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (15 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(15 records)
Class: Birds
(14 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(5 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Family: Storks
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Order: Perching Birds
(5 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Tortoise
- Mediterranean Turtle (Mauremys leprosa)