PURPLE SWAMPHEN IN MADRID
PURPLE SWAMPHEN FOR BOXING DAY
Last December, it was a "hotty" (8ºC), sunny and brightly day in Madrid Province. A group of amateur birdwatchers including Juan Rivero, Loreto, Ignacio and I decided to visit some of the madrilean south eastern marshes.
Our first target was the PURPLE SWAMPHEN, and very luckely we found 4 of them, for a long time view.
Our first target was the PURPLE SWAMPHEN, and very luckely we found 4 of them, for a long time view.
Here it´s possible to see our sightseeing spot, on the top of a hill near the lagoon. Birds that can be seen here: purple swamphen, black wheatear, eagle owl, peregrine, white stork, western marsh harrier, kingfisher, shoveler, hoopoe, little bittern, merlin, red-crested grebe, little grebe and others...
