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White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba). |
Later in the day I went down on to the fields just north of Huetor Tajar with the camera hoping to get some shots of the
Stone-curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus). There were some 160+ birds on the field but just as I was getting to the site a farm worker flushed several of the closer birds. I took some shots and then headed out towards Villanueva Mesia picking up
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común) and
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis).
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Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki). |
I then took one of the tracks along the bank of the Arroyo de Milano and on one of the many shingle ridges in the stream a large group of
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) were bathing and in the Poplar trees surrounding the area there were a lot more birds, numbering over 100 in total. Along this track I also saw
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo),
Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina),
Meadow Pipit (Bistita Común / Anthus pratensis),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki). |
The next track was along the other side of the Arroya heading back towards town where I had hoped to catch up with the
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) flock but all that was added to the list were 5
Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer Montanus) and a
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).
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Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla). |
I did eventually catch up with some of the
Little Bustards, about 60 birds were found on the road out to Loja.
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