A few hours birding with good friends.
Not my Photographs.
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Surf Scoter (Negrón Careto / Melanitta perspicillata). |
On my way to Belvide I got a tad lost so I pulled into a gateway and sorted out on Google Maps, whilst there I herd and saw
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Pheasant (Faisán Vulgar / Phaisanus colchicus),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) and
Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus).
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Surf Scoter (Negrón Careto / Melanitta perspicillata) with 3 Common Scoters (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra). |
I met my friends at the car park and we walked on to the reserve through the woodland picking up
Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla) and out on the water as we came out of the woods were
Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), masses of
Common Swifts (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), House (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and
Sand Martins (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) and
Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).
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Surf Scoter (Negrón Careto / Melanitta perspicillata) with 3 Common Scoters (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra). |
As we walked along the track we heard several
Reed Warblers (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and saw
Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus),
Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Pied Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla
yarrellii),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and
Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo), Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca),
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Greylag (Ansar Común / Anser anser) and
Canada Geese (Barnacla Canadiense /Branta canadensis),
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) and a
Hobby (Alcotán Europeo / Falco subbuteo) which was sat in a tree but I only saw it in flight as it disappeared.
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Surf Scoter (Negrón Careto / Melanitta perspicillata) with 3 Common Scoters (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra). |
Further around the track we went into the Gazzebo hide and scanned the far shore where we found the
Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica) which had been around for a few days as well as 4x
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone) and further down the res
Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna).
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Surf Scoter (Negrón Careto / Melanitta perspicillata) with 3 Common Scoters (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra). |
Closer to us on the bushes in front of the hide we saw
Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis),
Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus),
Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris) and
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major).
One of my friends then got a phone call to say that there was a Surf Scoter (Negrón Careto / Melanitta perspicillata) just along the A5 at Chasewater so we walked back to our cars and head off. A short while later we were stood in the wind and rain watching 3x Common Scoters (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra) and a stunning male Surf Scoter.
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Surf Scoter (Negrón Careto / Melanitta perspicillata) with 3 Common Scoters (Negrón Común / Melanitta nigra). |
After a while I headed back to Albrighton and waited for the rain to stop, on the way I added
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo),
Rook (Graja / Corvus frugilegus) and
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea)-
Once the rain stopped I went out for a walk up Humphreston Lane which was nice and quiet. During the walk I added
Bullfinch (Camachuelo Común / Pyrrhula pyrrhula),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Green (Pito Real / Picus viridis) and
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
European Brown Hare (
Lepus europaeus) and Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).
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