Travelling to Bob Wrights down on the coast.
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Autumn Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis). |
I started off by going down on to the fields and checking the Lucerne fields on the side of the Arroyo Vilano finding Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), several Western Yellow Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), 5x Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and quite a few Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
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Biarum carratracense.
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As I drove down towards Zafarraya I I made a stop in the Oak Woodlands at a couple of spots seeing
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia),
Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and a singing Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea) along with several spikes of the locally very uncommon Autumn Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis). ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichgC_mwBTY9bh78w28-szr1nqPraWZUUNGg9-J7LiXm5HkI4IuBhEzlTKyyaXg25487Ecpc_8XFRrOPudZ-D8QQm3kAcsyDV8x-yagb3YZ8D0Klaq-7XI4iO1RQ5WCVAgjmkMd8hlwoc/w602-h640/7th-Oct-20-8.jpg) |
Autumn Squill (Scilla autumnalis). |
In the same area we also had
Horseshoe Whip Snake (Coluber hippocrepis),
Biarum carratracense,
Autumn Squill (Scilla autumnalis),
Autumn Crocus (
Crocus serotinus), Small (
Pieris rapae) and
Large White (Pieris brassicae).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBorAc85BU6oDJRnPnPphpTtwcHHKVyAMYjnbR0s6ezZDMhIrhStlJYOT7PiB6WgAO-cB47NhbrI51u2BPqN6PrwZRSfHoHU6X4wJ7mJuvdcG_psDwcSf3vHB2MOfayxrGA5Ka0OIv60/w518-h640/7th-Oct-20-4.jpg) |
Autumn Crocus (Crocus serotinus). |
I continued on and had some lunch at a bar in Zafarraya before walking along the old disused railway line seeing good numbers of
Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), 40+
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) which were flying around the crag tops along with a
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).
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Horseshoe Whip Snake (Coluber hippocrepis). |
I also had
Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura), Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius) and back by the car a female looking Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca) and Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEZeBJYqrpHJ5_FuqM_xsIAbGsrkPMRzD_iH8_TnOVwoJMwTpZtvLDkKnHGVo_9EPrczEVYiG6tdPqtN6MOqMWjSLdKXskGG9EHRtD3DLhk-omLJu5qsoHxfAletGM1NE1Tl0hCLYDEs/w640-h404/7th+Oct+20-5.jpg) |
Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca). |
I continued on down to the coast and checked the port beach at Caleta de Velez but it was quite and I only saw
Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus), Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and my first Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris) of the winter.
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Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
I drove just down the road to visit my Great friends Bob and Jenny, we went out for a walk along the coast as far as the paort and we saw Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) before we headed back to their home and had a very nice meal and had a chat aout the next 3 day trip to the Odiel.
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Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo). |
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