Eurasian Golden Oriole's by the flock.
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| Yogi again. |
Today’s walk with the Bear was a little further along the river; we parked and followed one of the many farmer’s tracks, on a small pool of water in the now nearly dry river there were a couple of Common Moorhens (Gallineta Común / Gallinula Chloropus) scratching around in the mud and a flock of about 10 Iberian Magpies (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) drinking and bathing.
All the way along the track I had been able to hear several ♂ Eurasian Golden Oriole's (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus) calling from the Poplar plantation on the opposite bank of the river, as I got closer five bird flew out of a solitary tree on my side of the river and dispersed into the plantation opposite, a couple of cracking ♂♂ stayed and showed very well (as they do when you have not got the camera set up) before joining the other birds.
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| Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator). |
A Eurasian Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla) called several times from the Poplars but remained unseen, other birds included Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulga / Falco tinnunculus), Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido / Apus pallidus), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Western House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Great Tit (Carbonero Común / Parus major), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster) and Eurasian Magpie.
A little way past the woodland, we crossed the river and walked back towards the car.


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