A morning with Padul Ringing Group.
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Penduline Tit (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus). |
I again dropped Jayne off in the city and went down to Padul where I met up with several ringers and spent the morning seeing some cracking birds in the hand including 3x
Penduline Tits (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus) with 2 males and a female being caught, 2x
Water Pipits (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), 3x
Bluethroats (
Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), lots of
Common Chiffchaffs (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Blackcaps (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta). |
Whilst we were in the area we also saw a
Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula).
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Penduline Tit (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus). |
I also saw
African Grass Blue (Zizeeia knysna),
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus),
Large (Pieris brassicae) and
Small White (Artogeia rapae) and a
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta).
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
I left after a while and went to the smelly canal where I sat for a while and added
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).
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Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica). |
I also saw lots of
Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii) some trying to ovipost in the sewage water.
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Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta). |
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