Madrid 28/4/16

Back again on a late night-stop allowing plenty of time this morning to venture out into the open green areas on the SW side of Madrid. I've never been here in late April before so I was hoping for a different mix of species from what I've encountered before. This was immediately evident this morning when laying in bed I could here a Western Bonelli's Warbler singing outside, but the most unexpected were small flocks of Bee-Eaters.

Totals for the morning are:

Western Bonelli's Warbler - 5

Spotless Starling - 100+

Serin - 25

Tree Sparrow - 7

Melodious Warbler - 3

Short-toed Treecreeper - 2

Pied Flycatcher - 1 male

Zitting Cisticola - 2

Whinchat - 6

Wheatear - 1

Crested Lark - 4

Black Redstart - 3

European Bee-Eater - 11 (3 flocks)

Garden Warbler - 1

Red-rumped Swallow - 3

Common Redstart - 1

Black Kite - 4

Green-striped White - 5

Clouded Yellow sp. - 1

 two European Bee-Eaters

either a Green-striped White or some form of Dappled White.....

a singing Zitting Cisticola

the row of trees in front of the reddish building held a singing Western Bonelli's Warbler

Mt. Etna viewed from Catania Airport