This summer I enjoyed part of my vacation in Tarifa (Cádiz). A good place to combine beach, sun and photography.
is in a prime location for bird watching, for being the closest point to the African continent many species choose it as a stopover on their annual migrations.
There are several beaches where you can see different species of shorebirds and seabirds, some residents and others in passing. The Lances of one of them, considered natural landscape. a huge beach, several kilometers long and over 200m wide in many places. Has a observatory and a designated route for bird watching, adapted for people with reduced mobility.
is packed with kite-surfers, but tend not to disturb the birds, which often roam far from water in the puddles are formed at high tide.
Not many swimmers as due to strong winds, almost constant, it is uncomfortable to be with towels, umbrella, etc..
went with the idea of \u200b\u200bphotographing common tern, little tern and gull Audouin, that what he had read were common species in the area. Gulls went over there, the terns were eventually Plover nor had nothing. Of course there were other species tridactyle sandpiper, common ringed plover, egrets, ...
Spend two mornings. The first day dawned cloudy and sunny second, so I could get varieties of lights.
The most difficult were the approaches, because although I did not need camouflage, the birds showed suspicious, and I had to earn confidence based on patience, moving very slowly sat on the sand.
D300, 500f4, 1.4x. ISO 200, f5.6, 1 / 200
Group sandwich terns (Sterna sandvicensis). adults and youth
year.
D300, 500f4, 1.4x. ISO 400, F6.3, 1 / 125
Gaviotas of Audouin (Larus audouinii) by a break.
D300, 500f4, 1.4X. ISO 320, f9, 1 / 1000
Audouin's gull is a rare and little
that focuses on its unique Mediterranean breeding colonies worldwide.
Audouin's gull is a rare and little
that focuses on its unique Mediterranean breeding colonies worldwide.
bird is a pelagic (open sea) that only comes ashore to rest, nest
and sometimes for food.
and sometimes for food.
Audouin Gull young.
Because of the strong contrast of plumage
gulls (white, black), the best light to get
detail throughout the plumage of
early hours of the morning (as in this case) and the last of the afternoon. 
D300, 500f4, 1.4x. ISO 200, f8, 1 / 1250
Three adults Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis). Here the light was to be somewhat hard (10:00 am),
and like the seagulls must be careful with the whites. 
The Sandwich Tern is one of the most abundant species of terns that can be seen in Spain.
are easily identifiable. The black bill with yellow-tipped leaves no room for doubt.
His way of fish, similar to the pelican (Jumps into the water from a great height 10-15 meters), is one of the most spectacular of all the species of terns.
Adult stretching.
In late summer the adults change the breeding plumage (but attractive) for this which is
in the picture, and no longer shows the coiffed they have in the neck.
Youth of the Year, who still claimed occasionally their parents
(if I say that sounded the flute and took some food easy. something that did not occur).
can appreciate the differences in plumage and beak compared to adults. Other species that I photographed:
D300, 500f4, 1.4x. ISO 200, F6.3, 1 / 250
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) looking for food.
D300, 500f4, 1.4x. ISO 400, F6.3, 1 / 250
couple toed Sandpiper (Calidris alba) running through the sand.
some wind had risen.
tridactyle Group sandpiper (Calidris alba).
was the most abundant species during those days.
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