More of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly as well as a couple of other places.
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Entrance to Sad Hill. |
Today we were going to visit the Sad Hill cemetery again to show Barb the place and because it it rather a nice spot as well, before we set off I started my list off with Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus) and Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) around Santi's house.
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Over looking Sad Hill. |
We drove up to the ridge above Sad Hill and spent some time taking photographs, I also picked up a Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos) drift past with the Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and the ground was covered in the pink flowers of the Merendera pyrenaica.
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The Centre of Sad Hill. |
We continued on down the far side of the ridge to the cemetery and had a good walk around and Santi repainted his grave post. whilst there and around the ancient Juniper trees I picked up several Whinchats (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Black Redstart, a male Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus) which was a year tick, Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) as well as Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma), Spanish Chalk-hill Blue (Polyommatus albicans / arragonensis), Long-tailed Blue (Lampides baeticus) and Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus).
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Sad Hill. |
From Sad Hill we went to a very nice village called Hacians to see the fossilised tree truncks and the castle, both of which were very interesting. Around the village I saw Small (Pieris rapae) and Bath Whites (Pontia daplidice), Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus).
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Clint at the entrance. |
After having a coffee in one of the bars we visited a pool nearby where saw
Southern / Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) and
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) before heading back to Santi's for some Lunch.
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Barb at Sad Hill. |
During the afternoon we spent sometime in the garden and I spent a while scanning the hillsides for raptors and picked up a second year tick when an adult
Hobby (Alcotán Europeo / Falco subbuteo) flew along the valley over the village, 2x
Egyptian Vulture (Alimoche Común / Neophron percnopterus) soaring up with the masses of
Griffon Vultures,
Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus),
Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia),
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli) and on the plants I found several
Cardinal Fritillaries (Argynnis pandora),
Comma (Polygomum c-album) and a
Geranium Bronze (
Cacyreus marshalli).
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Merendera pyrenaica. |
Later in the afternoon we went just up to La Yecla Gorge to walk the river path, during the walk I took some shots of the Griffon Vultures and saw another Booted Eagle and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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Santi painting his grave post. |
We returned to Silos and had a walk around to the Monastery to listen to the gregorian chants before going for a couple or three beers in the village.
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Hacians church. |
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Hacians church. |
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Fancy Chimney in Hacians. |
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Standing next to an old fossel. |
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Comma ("C" blanca / Polygomum c-album). |
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Cardinal Fritillaries (Pandora / Argynnis pandora). |
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La Yecla. |
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Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus). |
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Shadows at La Yecla. |
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La Yecla. |
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Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus). |
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