New Years Day walk.
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The tapa's in the bar in Alhama. |
Jayne, Sue, Sam and I set off towards Alhama de Granada with friends Allan and Lesley following us in their own car. On our way down I started the year list off with
Common (Urraca / Pica pica) and
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops),
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer Domesticus),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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Jayne and Sue. |
Once we reached the spot for the start of the walk we went and had a coffee near the Pantaneta de Alhama, later I had a look over the pool picking up
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) and
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).
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The Church in Alhama from down in the Gorge. |
From the lake the group walked along the Alhama gorge throught the woods to the town of Alhama de Granada where we had a drink before returning along the same track.
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Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo). |
During the walk I recorded several nice species including
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
Red Squirrel (Ardilla común / Sclurus vulgaris) and a single
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
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Looking back down the Valley. |
Once back at the pool we all went into the nearby bar and had a good lunch before heading off home.
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