Overlap Day

 Struggling with lingering flu symptoms, we spent this morning around Valdecañas and El Gordo. It turned out to be an "overlap" day, the last wintering flocks of cranes and geese overlapping with the first swallow and the Storks already ensonced on their nests. Apart from that we saw little else, only 4 Spoonbill and assorted ducks (Pochard, Tufties, Wigeon, Shovelers and Teal). Mind you, while enjoying the antics of the Storks and their delightful bill clacking rituals, we were reminded of the woeful (in our opinion) "report" broadcast this week by the Spanish television channel La Sexta, precisely about the Storks of El Gordo, concentrating almost exclusively on the "nuisance" they cause with their "noise" and droppings. A little more objectivity wouldn't go amiss. We're not all so narrow minded, as it happens.

Anyway, if La Sexta don't like Storks, they can lump it. More photos: