A muddy wade along the local River.
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Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis). |
I went out on the local patch for a couple of hours to get a bit more practice with the camera but most of the birds were staying well out of range, whoever I did see a nice group of 32
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax),20 or so
Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), lots of
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and both
Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and
White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) all along the river behind the bar. From here I crossed the fields and rejoined the rio down near the railway and checked a well vegetated stretch which was being feed from the irrigation channels.
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Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra). |
Along here I saw
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) as well as several species of Dragonfly including
Epaulet (Orthetrum chrysostigma) and
Southern Skimmers (Orthetrum brunneum), female
Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea),
Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi),
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) and
White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes). Several Butterflies were also seen and they included
Bath (Blanqiverdosa / Pontia daplidice),
Large (Pieris brassicae) and
Small Whites (Artogeia rapae),
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria),
Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus),
Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous),
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui),
Clouded Yellow (Colias Común / Colias corcea) and
Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera).
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Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum). |
Once I was back to the car I headed back towards home but went via the fields near the town where I eventually located around 70
Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) which were hiding well in a newly planted Garlic field.
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