Out on the local patch Snipe hunting (only with the camera !!!).
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Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
I went down to the spot where I had seen the
Jack Snipe (Agachadiza Chica / Lymnocriptes minimus) a few days early hoping but not expecting to see it again whilst making sure the camera was ready this time. I arrived and checked all along the roadside ditch where the bird first flushed up from but only saw a dozen or so
Common Chiffchaffs (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
I continued on along the track crossing the Mesia road and checked the channel that side, I soon found a good flock of very active and quite noisy
Common Waxbills (
Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) which were flitting around between the nearby trees, a Lucerne fieldand the channel. In this area I also saw a couple of Grey Herons (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos) and
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).
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Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
I then turned around and headed back to the car checking the channel again, once back I walked out to the small pools in the field but found nothing. on the way back I looked amongst the reeds near the road and had brief views of at least two
Bluethroats (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) a white spotted one and another with a completly blue throat, both males. I sat on the side of the irrigation channel for the next hour or so hoping that the Bluethroats may show a bit better for the camera but they stayed hidden. In the area I did see
Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and
Skylarks (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis),
Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Cetti's Warblers (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) before heading home.
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