Birds of the Coto Doana

The one full day we spent birding in Doana was calm, sunny, and warm (at least once the sun got well up). It involved ferry rides to and fro over the Guadalquivir and a long, hugely wet ford where the water sloshed up to the doors of the van we were driven around in by our guide, Jos Antonio of Discovering Doana.

Here’s our list. My highlights: stone curlew, Sardinian warbler, short-toed eagle. Numenius’ highlights: kingfisher, white stork, stonechat.

Little grebe
Great cormorant
black-crowned night-heron
squacco heron
cattle egret
little egret
great white heron
grey heron
purple heron
black stork
white stork
glossy ibis
greylag goose
wigeon
teal
mallard
shoveler
common pochard
black-shouldered kite
red kite
short-toed eagle
marsh harrier
hen harrier
sparrowhawk
common buzzard
booted eagle
osprey
kestrel
red-legged partridge
moorhen
purple gallinule
coot
red-knobbed coot
black-winged stilt
avocet
stone-curlew
common ringed plover
Kentish (snowy) plover
European golden plover
lapwing
sanderling
snipe
green sandpiper
black-headed gull
herring gull
yellow-legged gull
wood pigeon
barn owl
little owl
kingfisher
calandra lark
lesser short-toed lark
crested lark
skylark
meadow pipit
white wagtail
robin
black redstart
stonechat
redwing
Cetti’s warbler
fan-tailed warbler
Sardinian warbler
chiffchaff
great tit
great grey shrike
magpie
jackdaw
starling
spotless starling
house sparrow
spanish sparrow
serin
goldfinch
linnet
corn bunting