The first day we went into the northern hemidelta and little in the southern.
To start we went to the Canal Vell and we visitted the Biologycal station and the recovery center. Normally this place is close to the public but the night before I found a Red-necked Nightjar that was hit by a car and it was still alive. It was not very injured, just the lower jaw was broken and a bit desconcertated. We brougt it to the recovery center and the veterinary from the centre took care of it. He then showed the installations to us. They had some injured birds like an Eagle Owl, Griffon Vulture and a Black Kite among others.
From the tower we saw several birds like Night Herons, Great White Egret, Great Crested Greebe and Adouin's Gull.
We went to el Fangar peninsula and the Bay where we saw all the Terns, Gulls, and a beuty butterfly, the Plain Tiger.
After we passed the Olles we went to have a sandwitch. and the a short visit to Riet Vell Seo/Birdlife nature reserve and the Tancada lagoone before ending the day.
Our next day out we went to Port Nature Park. We visited several places with dramatic landscapes. Griffon Vultures, Rock Buntings, Short-toed Treecrepers among others were the birds we saw. We saw many Spanish Ibex, first all females and youngs and then in onother valley were 4-6 adult males with spectacular horns in a very close range.
Butterflies were spectacular, with some like the Scarce Swallowtail and the Rock Grailing.
After this two days we said goodbye and they will keep they holidays with visits to diferent museums.
Bird List from one day in the Ebro Delta and one day in Ports - August 2007
Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Great White Egret - Egretta alba
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides
Black-crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
Little Bittern - Ixobrychus minutus
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall - Anas strepera
Red-crested Pochard - Netta rufina
Eurasian Griffon Vulture - Gyps fulvus
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
Common Coot - Fulica atra
Purple Swamphen - Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus
Dunlin - Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea
Little Stint - Calidris minuta
Common Redshank - Tringa totanus
Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola
Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus
Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica
Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola
Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus
Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
Audouin's Gull - Larus audouinii
Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei
Gull-billed Tern - Sterna nilotica
Sandwich Tern - Sterna sandvicensis
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Little Tern - Sterna albifrons
Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybridus
Feral Pigeon - Columba livia feral
Common Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus
Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
European Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
Common Swift - Apus apus
Alpine Swift - Apus melba
Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster
Hoopoe - Upupa epops
Crested Lark - Galerida cristata
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Northern House Martin - Delichon urbica
Sand Martin - Riparia riparia
Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava
Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator
Dunnock - Prunella modularis
Great Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Eurasian Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Zitting Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis
Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla
Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala
Western Bonelli's Warbler - Phylloscopus bonelli
Firecrest - Regulus ignicapillus
Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
European Robin - Erithacus rubecula
Common Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos
Blackbird - Turdus merula
Crested Tit - Parus cristatus
European Blue Tit - Parus caeruleus
Coal Tit - Parus ater
Great Tit - Parus major
Short-toed Treecreeper - Certhia brachydactyla
Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius
Eurasian Magpie - Pica pica
Northern Raven - Corvus corax
Red-billed Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Spotless Starling - Sturnus unicolor
Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
European Serin - Serinus serinus
European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris
Eurasian Linnet - Carduelis cannabina
Common Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra
Cirl Bunting - Emberiza cirlus
Rock Bunting - Emberiza cia
Mammals
Spanish Ibex - Capra pyrenaica
Butterflies
Swallowtail - Papilio machaon
Scarce Swallowtail - Iphiclides podalirius
Large White - Pieris brassicae
Small White - Artogeia rapae
Clouded Yellow- Colias crocea
Cleopatra - Gonepteryx cleopatra
Long-tailed Blue - Lampides boeticus
Southern White Admiral - Limenitis reducta
Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
Silver-washed Fritillary - Argynnis paphia
Spanish Marbled White - Melanergia ines
Rock Grayling - Hipparchia alcyone
Wall Brown - Lasiommata megera
Plain Tiger - Danaus chrysippus
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Red-veined Darter - Sympetrum fonscolombii
Broad Scarlet - Crocotemis Erytraea
Black-tailed Skimer - Orthetrum cancellatum
Common Bluetail - Ichnura elegans
