Site Report: Embalse de Arrocampo, Spain

Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

Reservoir with nuke plant water.

Map of Site Report: Embalse de Arrocampo, Spain

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)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
- Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Order: Pelicans (5 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- 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
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- 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)

Lifelists

Trips

Svalbard, Canary Islands, and Spain