An hour down on the fields.
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Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta). |
I managed to slip away for an hour whilst changing a couple of gas cylinders in Huétor, on the way down I made a stop along side a rather fast flowing Arroyo Vilano to the North of the town and almost straight away I picked up the first of three
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) which were new in along with good numbers of
Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) about 20 birds,
House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) x5,
Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) x1 as well as a single
Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) which zapped straight up stream.
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Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta). |
On the margins there were several
White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), a single winter plumaged
Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), 11
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) which few across the Arroyo heading for some trees on the far filed and on some nearby wire lots of
Spotless Starlings (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae). |
I drove along the track and turned towards the railway and spent a few minutes scanning from the bridge adding a single
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) as it flew west along the railway line,
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), 12x
Common Waxbill (
Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) and just a little further along the road a Merlin (Esmerejón / Falco columbarius) wizzed cross in front of me and flushed up the Linnets and Meadow Pipits on the model plane airfield.
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Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica). |
I collected the Gas bottles and then had a quick look on the Loja Lucerne fields where I counted 19
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) but suspect there were quite a few more in the deeper vegetation. The rain then returned so I continued on back to the house where I heard several and saw a male
Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus).
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Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
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