Sat in the Oak woods.
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Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater). |
I dropped Jayne off at the Trabuco Craft group meeting and went upin to the Oak Woodlands not far from the town where I dug out the folding chair from the boot and sat down in it for the next 3 hours or so until the birds got used to me a bit and came down to drink at a water tank put out for the local goats. The commonest species by far were
Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater), closely followed by
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major).
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra). |
Whilst I was sat there I also saw lesser numbers of
Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) and
Blue Tits (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus),
Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major).
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Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus). |
On the way home we went across country and came in towards Loja down the Western side of the hill on the road to Venta del Raya, along here we had corking views of a male
Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis),
Iberian (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and
Common Magpies (Urraca / Pica pica),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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