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Friday 23 November 2018

Huétor Fields, Granada Province.

Out and about on the patch.

I spent an hour or so out on the fields picking upquite a few nice species including 41x Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), 379x Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), 14x Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaria), 1000+ Woodpigeons (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), 2x Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), 70+ Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), 27x Iberian (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and Common Magpies (Urraca / Pica pica), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).

Wednesday 21 November 2018

Park Parque de Huelín, Malaga, Malaga Province.

Twitching a missing Yellow-browed Warbler in Malaga City.

Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto).
After the news that there was a Yellow-browed Warbler (Mosquitero Bilistado / Phylloscopus inornatus) in this park in Malaga I decided to head down and have a look but typically the weather was not great, in fact it was peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeing down and breezy. I stuck at but after a couple of hours I gave up, party due to the fact that the police were chasing down a couple of drug dealers and some ladies that were selling something else 😀😀😀😀
Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus).
I did however see Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), a Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) which caused almost has much panic as a hunting Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) which passed over the site.
Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus).
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).