Out looking for a Scrub Robin in Malaga and Dragon's in Granada.
Ebird List for Balsa de Regidor.
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Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) male.
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I was up early and at my first site of the day by 07:00 and after parking I walked a track checking the trees and cables looking for a
Rufous-tailed Sceub Robin (Alzacola / Cercotrichas galactotes), as I walked I saw
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) male. |
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Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) male. |
After around an hour and a half I decided to push on and make for my second site for the Chat, on the way I added
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) and once on site I picked up Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and eventually a Bush Robin which came up onto a distant length of chain-link fence and sang for a moment before disappearing into the vines.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq294Qj7kT8aeQ0lLu5mrCaanCLIdAWtt9UWAp8cpiX7QJ1DQgM0NETovysnJT-4B4yNHRz0y7wUtdPj2qHsur2pSPVwqYF-sQdsJu5FRk33tj9rbalPxgxrZscy6aySWuV1vmXS92q0SQA5frhJn-fV_TRPF-7XAPBd7U9WZ9cWC-MogX8R1xYV6qzmHs/w640-h468/22nd-July-24-4.jpg) |
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator) male. |
I returned to the car and then drove back towards home but went on to Moraleda where I had some breakfast at El Cruz and then visited Balsa de Regidor where I checked the margins which were more exposed than usual finding 8 Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos) x1 and
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) x2,
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), a big flock of
Jackdaws (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) which flew over and a group of 6
Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) which turned up as I was about to leave.
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Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) female.
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Other species included
Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x3,
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) x8, Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator) x2, Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) x3 and Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) x1.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4ZI-RSp8O1rKWzfYIH-JAddDI9JhwD4e1rnLSVsEFwe3jaHnSNAhpyp67XH6GeOJnpWQZKHzQEU0JGOdcSZRED2O8LwCPD9nNqQYyHsZJqlhm4niv-J-N2HzADOpJKEbc1frYd5IBBMpjXsDZzhisdmhdO4d1QCuvrCi2_TcLUkq6Auqf0PP0-bNR7-y/w640-h426/22nd-July-24-6.jpg) |
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |