A couple of hours in the woods above Trabuco.
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
Jayne was going to the Craft Group in Trabuco so I decided that I would go with her then carry on to the woodlands just above the town in the Sierra del Jobo. I found an area of open ground with a few Hawthorn trees which was in the sun and sat there and waited to see what came to me. The answer was not a lot, well not close enough for the camera anyway but there were lots of birds about. As I arrived there was a flock of 14
Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) circling one of the nearby crags and they were joined by a couple of
Peregrine Falcons (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) for a while until the
Vultures drifted off to the west.
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Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus). |
I settled down with the camera and waited, there were large numbers of
Goldfinches (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Linnets (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and
Serins (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) whirling around in one large flock but they all seemed to pick any bushes to land in except for the ones I was parked by. The first bird to let me have a few shot of it was a nice
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) which ambled around on the rocks below the bushes, then came a couple of
Common Chiffchaffs (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and a nice male
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs). In the nearby bushes I saw several
Rock Buntings (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia),
Blackbirds (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), a nice male
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and in the Olives on the opposite side of the track there were loads of
Blackcaps (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), a small flock of
Long-tailed Tits (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus) and a calling
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major).
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Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs). |
After spending an hour or so here I had a drive down the track to the uninspiring 100 canons water feature, along the way I was a nice flock of
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), a male
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), a couple of
Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus) my first of the year and a good number of
Common Crossbills (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) some of which were singing from the tops of the pines.
During the couple of hours it got quite warm and I was pleased to se a total of nine species of Butterfly including singles
of Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
I also
saw a couple of Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), 4+ Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), several of both
Large (Pieris brassicae) and Small Whites (Artogeia rapae), and the commonest by far with at least 8
individuals was the Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) and some were looking very fresh.
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Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis). |
I then dropped back down to the town and met Jayne. Other species seen during the visit included Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major),
Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) and
Blue Tits (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus),
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus),
Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus).
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