In September 2015 I visited the bird reserve at Pantanos de Villa, an hour’s drive from the Miraflores area of Lima. It was my first visit and I went with my friend Andrew Sheehan, an Englishman like myself who lives in Chile. We noted forty-three species in the reserve but may have forgotten to write down some of the ones we were familiar with. The birding was good, and I logged at least fourteen  life-listers; photos of those appear below. Some species, mainly gulls and waders, remain to be identified.

The photos below are the new life-listers. Click on any picture to view in slide show format.

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous)

Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera)

Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan)

Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)

Striated heron (Butorides striata)

Grey gull (Larus modestus)

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia)

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Belcher’s Gull (Larus belcheri) aka Band-tailed Gull