A days birding with Lesley and John from the UK.
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus) collecting nesting material. |
In the same area we had Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus), Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Willow Warblers (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus).
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus) collecting nesting material. |
During the walk we also saw Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides), Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Small (Pieris rapae) and Large Whites (Pieris brassicae).
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus) nest building. |
We moved on and spent a few minutes on the edge of La Malaha seeing Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata).
Out on the nearby fields we parked on the roadside where we could hear at least 3 Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) and just a few minutes later Lesley picked up a stunning male in a field next to us, a great find.
We also had Calandra (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra) and Short-toed Larks (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), a Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) and a calling Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) which remained out of sight.
Spotted Crake (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana). |
We moved on and had some lunch in the bar in Ventas de Huelma before driving over the ridge to Cacín adding House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina).
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra). |
Back further up the valley we stopped at the Embalse and Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra) were all out on the water and there were Little Ringed Plovers (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus) and Green Sandpipers (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) on the sand bars as the water was low. In the same area we also had a soaring Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) and a calling Common Cuckoo (Cuco Común / Cuculus canorus), the first of the year for me.
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides). |
Our last stop of the day was up on the fields near Moraleda, things were quiet but we found Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and then right at the end of the day Lesley again came up with the birds when she spotted 3 Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis) in the gap between a long line of Almonds. We then moved of the site and headed for Granada where I dropped Lesley and John back in the center of the city.
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