SIERRA de LOJA.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BLOG ON A PHONE PLEASE CHANGE TO WEB VIEW AT BOTTOM OF PAGE AS IT WILL LOOK BETTER.

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Right place at the right time, Guadix, Granada Province.

European Rollers.

European Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus).
A last minute trip to an area near Guadix allowed me to get the chance to get some shots of European Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus) a fantastic bird which breeds in old dead tree stumps. Five birds were seen in the valley and this bird allowed me to approach in the car as it sat preening in a road side tree. 
European Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus).
Also seen in the same area were Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia), Great Spotted Cuckoo (Crialo Europeo / Clamator glandarius), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis), Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) and Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).

No comments: