A quick look at the Rio Vilano and later back to the smelly reserve.
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Two young Common Moorhens (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus). |
I popped down to the ford over the Rio Vilano to check on the young Common Moorhens (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) I had seen a few days earlier, I was pleased to find not the two but four in all and they were all looking fine. I also had a Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago), Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) and several Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
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Another young Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus). |
Later I dropped Jayne at the Sierra Nevada shopping and I went down to Padul, I arrived at the smelly channel to find that it had been dug out but the water flowing in was still minging so it appears the work done was fairly pointless.
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Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
Anyway I had a look around and walked down to the hide at the end of the trail seeing Water Pipits (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Grey Wagtails (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), a male Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen, Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla).
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Southern Water Vole (Rata topera / Arvicola sapidus). |
After seeing nothing except for reeds from the hide I retraced my way back and further around the board walk to the next much cleaner river where I spent the next two hours watching some Southern Water Voles (Rata topera / Arvicola sapidus) collecting reed leaves for their nest linings.
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Southern Water Vole (Rata topera / Arvicola sapidus). |
Whilst there I also saw Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Bath White (Pontia daplidice), Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and a Viperine Snake (Culebra Viperina / Natrix maura) which crossed the steam but to quickly for the camera.
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