Out on the patch with Steve Jones.
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Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis). |
After a
visit Loja with Jayne during the morning and having a coffee and cake in
Huétor we returned home to find Steve catching up with his notes from
the last three days.
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Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus). |
Once he was sorted we had a run out on to the
local patch and started on the track at the back of Venta Cuatro
Caminos where we soon had both
Meadow (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) and
Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta) x1,
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), a
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) which was sat in one of the chimneys of a nearby Cortijo and off on the fields opposite a group of 21
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax).
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Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus). |
We drove along the track to the Eastern end of the Arroyo where we sat between an area of reeds and scanned the reed bed opposite and soon picked up a nice male
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), winter plumage male and female Reed Buntings (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus), a couple of Grey Wagtails (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), masses of Common Chiffchaffs (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) x3,
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
3x Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) which cruised up and down for a while having a feed on the local bugs and a couple of Cetti's Warblers (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).
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House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus). |
Slightly further on we had bathing Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).
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Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis). |
At the far end of the track we sat for a while watching a group of around 30 or so
Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), a passing Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis) as it whizzed along the Arroyo, Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and a big group of 30+ Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and a distant calling Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla).
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Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina). |
We moved around to the Mesia road end of the site where we walked along the ditches and around the reed bed adding
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), around 250
Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), several
Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and 5x
Common Starlings (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris).
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Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus). |
We made one last stop just out side the town and scanned the fields where we found a flock of 41
Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaria) and 11x
Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
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Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
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Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus). |
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
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Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica). |
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Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis). |
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Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaria). |
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Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
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