This morning, Fernando our brilliant guide from Albatross Birding, met us at our airport hotel at 6.00 am for a full day birding.
We drove to two wetland, firstly Lampa and then Batuca Wetlands.
The key species for the morning were Black-headed Duck and Rosy-billed Pochard. The ducks were too far away to photograph.
We drove to two wetland, firstly Lampa and then Batuca Wetlands.
The key species for the morning were Black-headed Duck and Rosy-billed Pochard. The ducks were too far away to photograph.
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| Cenereous Harrier |
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| Thistles common in this area |
We then waded though deep water at several location, looking for South American Painted Snipe. However, the problem was that areas were either too deep in water or too dry. It was been better for the Painted Snipe in November, but as we moved around, each area was too dry. Fernando explained that the area was not managed for the birds who live here and this was a big problem. There were no Painted Snipe here has they fields had been drained dry.
After a morning here, Fernando drove us back to our hotel for the night, which was really lovely. We actually had a few hours to relax before an early dinner and an early night. Fernando was picking us up at 5.30 am, so we needed to be packed and ready for our flight home.
Best birds of the day:
Black-headed Duck
Rosy-billed Pochard
Cinereous Harrier
About the Writer
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Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig on Scilly
Photograph taken by and copyright Chris Craig
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Mya-Rose Craig is a 13 year old young birder, naturalist, conservationist, environmentalist, writer and speaker. She is based near Bristol and writes the successful Birdgirl Blog, with posts about birding and conservation from around the world. She loved seeing Mountain Gorillas in East Africa and Penguins in Antarctica over Christmas 2015, her 7th continent.
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