I stumbled on this cracking little river water course, completely by accident at Fuengirola whilst dropping Chris off to do some shopping. Chris was going to have an hour or so in the shops and the plan was for me to then do an hour sea watch a short way down the coast.
However, scanning round as you do with Chris heading for the shops at a rate of knots, I spied part of a water course and then, no less than a Glossy Ibis walked into view!
Plans went out the window and I headed over there, have to say for a river course more or less in the heart of Fuengirola, the birding was superb.
Thereafter,I then actively encouraged Chris to do more shopping at Dunnes in the days that followed, unselfishly, even though it was likely to put a dent in the bank account, in total I/we visited 3 times over the course of a week.
Visits were Sept 10th, 13th and 15th and to give the site, on Ebird as a hotspot its full name, it is called Parque Fluvial, Dunnes is a shopping venue similar to our Dunelms.
In total from roughly 3 hour or so long visits, I clocked up some good birds, best of which are below.
Glossy Ibis - 1
Little Egret – 4 (probably the sun but these all appeared taller)
Cattle Egret - 1
Squacco Heron - 1
Night Heron – 2
Kingfisher – 2
Melodious Warbler – 1
Iberian Chiffchaff – 1
Booted Eagle – 2
Red Rumped Swallow – 2
Spotted Flycatcher – 2
Green Sandpiper – 1
Probably the hardest bird to catch up with came in on the 15th, everything went up, flocks of Monk Parakeets and Feral Pigeons all flushed as a superb Purple Heron flew along the water course and over my head.
A superb end to the last visit, I only covered the Dunnes end, would suspect more species to be seen further up towards the Sea.
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