A nice days birding with Juliet and David.
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| Juliet and David. |
I left the house earlyish and as I was going out I flushed the roosting male
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) from under the porch and then went down on to the fields where I wanted to check to see where the Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) were hiding, I soon found about 15 birds on the fields on the far side of the Arroyo Vilano along with
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula).
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| Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Cabra pyreaica). |
I meet Juliet and David Hird at the service area on the A92, we quickly headed off up the Sierra and soon found the first of several
Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura) in the lowest of all the quarries and just up above this area in the pines we had
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus),
Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) and
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and the first of loads of the bueatiful blue flowered
Broad-leaved Iris (lirio de invierno / Juno
/ Iris planifolia).
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| Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas). |
We drove up over the mountain and took the eastern track out to the Hawthorn patch adding big numbers of
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa) on the way as well as
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) and
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae).
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| Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis). |
In the Hawthorn patch things were very quite as 99% of the fruit had been stripped but we did manage to see a couple of female
Ring Ouzels ( Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), several more Blackbirds and
Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus).
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| Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) on a rock pile. |
We decided to head back to the main split in the track and take a left up passed Charca Negro seeing or in my case hearing but not seeing a couple of
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) by the luxury goat hotel and then out to the far Hawthorns picking up the only
Rock Buntings (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia) of the day on the way round.
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| Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris). |
In the main area we had a walk up through the trees and then David and Juliet continued on down into the last dip whilst I bought the car round. They had good views of an immature male
Ring Ouzel and as I parked I had a calling
Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris) disappear up the gully not to be seen again and a small group of 10 or so
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra) which flew up as Juliet and David came down the slope towards me. In the same area we had a single female
Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica) and several
Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus).
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| Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris). |
We searched the trees but did not find anything new so started to make our way down the hill seening a couple of
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) on the Charca down below us, a
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly and further down we bumped into Barbara and Jerry Laycock on their way up and they said they had had several
Alpine Accentors (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris) close to the road on the lower crags so we headed off to try and see them. As we drove down we saw a
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) on a rock pile and heard a
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) at the top of the crags before we made a stop lower down.
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| Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea). |
As we scanned the roadside and the crags I picked up a group of
Accentors way up above us right at the foot of main cliffs so David and I slogged our way up there but it was so worth it as we had great views of at least 11 birds.
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| Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta). |
We continued on down and called in at the old quarry but things were quiet and we only boosted the list with
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata) and
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina).
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| Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica). |
After some lunch at the service area we drove up to Huétor Tajar and out on to the Fields there and soon picked up the
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) on the fields near the Arroyo again as well as a single
Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), several
Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris),
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus) and
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata).
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| Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica). |
We moved just up the arroyo a short way and drove the eastern track were we had a great last half an hour seeing at least 3x
Bluethroats (
Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), 2x
Jack Snipe (Agachadiza Chica / Lymnocriptes minimus),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), 2x
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), 1x
Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
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