Lagoons of Fuente de Piedra and Campillos
April 28 2011
Dear reader!
The wonderful springtime weather invited to make again a trip to the lagoons of Campillos and Fuente de Piedra, where this proudly singing male Corn Bunting welcomed us while …
… a Melodius Warbler darted hidden in the dense vegetation at the shore and …
… the female Stonechat eagerly was looking for food for its offspring:
The Whiskered Terns were flashing through the air catching insects:
Even faster and more unpredictable in their movements were the Black Terns:
The flight of the Greater Flamingos is compared much more easygoing and easier to make photos! 
Flamingos and Pied Avocets share the small lagoons at the entrance together with …
… some Curlew Sandpipers, foraging to get strength for the onward flight:
At Campillos this Black Coot affectionately was feeding its offspring:
"Quickly make a photo, before I am diving!" this perky Little Grebe is thinking:
A Black-necked Grebe in its wedding dress:
If the elegant Great Crested Grebes - surely around 20 being at Campillos - are breeding we couldn't find out:
On Sunday the Bee Eaters were not yet at their breeding places, but yesterday …
… to our biggest joy, they had arrived:
Now springtime is really there, when …
… you hear their calls and to observe these …
… colorful guys catching insects:
How different the coloring on the back …
… of these two specimen is:
It seems all too good to be true! Also this Red Poppy field!
Well, and not to forget, finally we saw a Little Bustard flying! 
Best regards
Birgit Kremer