These are some of the birds we can find at the Mouth of Rio Velez in August: Mallard, Little Grebe, Scopoli’s Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, Black-crowned Night Heron, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Moorhen, Coot, Purple Swamphen, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Audouin’s Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Turtle Dove, Little Owl, Red-necked Nightjar, Common Swift, Pallid Swift, Hoopoe, Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Crested Lark, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, House Martin, Grey Wagtail, Nightingale, Blackbird, Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Isabelline Warbler, Wren, Spotted Flycatcher, Great Tit, Penduline Tit, Spotless Starling, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch and Serin. Some more birds could be found on passage, like Squacco Heron, Osprey, Spotted Crake, waders, Sand Martin, Whinchat, acrocephalus, locustella and leaf warblers. Even some wintering waterfowl and seabirds might be present here at the end of August.
Itinerary
Those who are enjoying summer along the east coast of Malaga province, in the Axarquia District, have the opportunity to visit this great birding place.
The Mouth of Rio Velez is possibly the most important birding place in the Axarquia District. Despite it is a green oasis in the middle of a very dry region, it does not enjoy any kind of special protection though we have recently known about plans to include it in the Andalusian Network of Protected Natural Sites... Good news!
Birds that can be seen
- Audouin's gull
- Balearic shearwater
- Barn swallow
- Black-crowned night heron
- Black-headed gull
- Cattle egret
- Cetti's warbler
- Common blackbird
- Common chiffchaff
- Common grasshopper warbler
- Common house martin
- Common kestrel
- Common kingfisher
- Common linnet
- Common moorhen
- Common nightingale
- Common sandpiper
- Common swift
- Common wood pigeon
- Crested lark
- Eurasian blackcap
- Eurasian collared dove
- Eurasian coot
- Eurasian hoopoe
- Eurasian penduline tit
- Eurasian reed-warbler
- Eurasian sparrowhawk
- Eurasian tree sparrow
- European goldfinch
- European greenfinch
- European honey buzzard
- European serin
- European turtle dove
- Great tit
- Green sandpiper
- Grey heron
- Grey wagtail
- House sparrow
- Lesser black-backed gull
- Little egret
- Little grebe
- Little owl
- Mallard
- Mediterranean gull
- Osprey
- Pallid swift
- Purple swamphen
- Red-necked nightjar
- Red-rumped swallow
- Sand martin
- Sardinian warbler
- Savi's warbler
- Scopoli's shearwater
- Sedge warbler
- Spotless starling
- Spotted crake
- Spotted flycatcher
- Squacco heron
- Western olivaceous warbler
- Whinchat
- Wren
- Yellow-legged gull
- Zitting cisticola
