Guadalhorce-mouth near Málaga
July 22 2010
Dear reader!
In spite of 35°C in the shadow we went to the Guadalhorce-mouth today. At the extreme end of the "hidden lagoon" we discovered a kingfisher, unfortunately too far away for making photos, but at least a few of these beautiful birds are at the Guadalhorce! 
Also much too far away a little bittern was sitting, which we could at least watch with a spotting scope for quite a while. Unbelievable how it was clinging to a stalk and with what a skill they are climbing through the stalks
And this is how a pochard is looking like after looking for food in the ground mud:
"Is that really necessary to make photos from me as dirty as I am?"
As clean as a shelled pea the young white-headed ducks come along:
And also the young stilt is showing himself from his most elegant side and very gently is taking a seat: 
The big lagoon was littered with ...
... corals, black-headed gulls and yellow-legged gulls:
To our biggest joy we again also saw an adult night heron:
And a little later also two night herons flew off and just in front of the observation hut circled around. Fantastic!
Best regards
Birgit Kremer