A trip out to the garden centres in Cabra and then out to Laguna de la Ratosa near Alameda.
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Jayne and I headed out towards Antequera and then north to the town of Cabra where we visited a couple of local garden centres where we picked up quite a few nice plants for the terraces.
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Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
We got around the garden centres quicker than expected so we headed to the garden centres around Antequera, during the drive around I saw
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica).
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Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
Later we went back up the motorway towards Cordoba and came off towards Alameda and the out to Laguna de la Ratosa where we found plenty of water, quite a lot where it would not normally be forming pools in fields. During a drive around the site we saw lots of
Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus),
Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus),
Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Little (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) and
Great Crested Grebes (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Gull-billed (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica) and
Whiskered Terns (Fumarel Cariblanca / Chilidonias hybridus),
Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina),
Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) and
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).
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Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator). |
I also saw a few butterflies around the lake including
Bath (Pontia daplidice),
Large (Pieris brassicae) and
Small Whites (
Pieris rapae) and
Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea).
We headed back to the motorway and had lunch just before driving back home.
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