A couple of hours on the local patch with a good local rarity.
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Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis). |
I dropped down to the fields for a couple of hours with the bins and camera, I started along the Rio Vilano at the ford and then followed it down to the railway bridge.
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Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis). |
At the ford and on the field section I started the list off with
Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Spotless (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
Common Starlings (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulg aris),
White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Common Waxbill (
Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).
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House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) male. |
On the way off this site I stopped by some Walnut trees and spent some time photographing some birds as they flew in and during the time there I was very pleased to see a locally rare
Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis) as well as
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major) and
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus).
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House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus). |
After a while I moved on around to the Mesia road where I checked the ditches and what remained of the pool and soon found
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis),
Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) and
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).
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Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
I drove around to the fields on the central stripe and very quickly did a count of the
Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) and quickly reached 475 birds along with 58
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) and surprisingly 2x
Northern Wheatears (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe).
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Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus). |
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