SIERRA de LOJA.

Sunday, 19 November 2017

Huétor Tajar, Granada Province.

Another couple of hours in the garden hide.

Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) ♂.
I sat down on the lower terrace in the hide for a couple of hours and I was quite pleased with the results particularly when 8 Siskins (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) dropped in for a drink, the group was made up of 5♂♂ and 3♀♀.
Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) ♀.
There were also good numbers of ♂♀ Blackcaps (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), ♂♀ Blackbirds (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), a Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), ♀ Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), ♂♀ House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and ♂♀ Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) all of which sat for the camera. 
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major).
Other species seen or heard included Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), ♂ Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor). 
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) ♀.
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) ♀.
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) ♂.
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) ♂.
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) ♀.
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala).
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) ♀.
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos).
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) ♀.
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).

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