Back along the Arroyo.
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Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) male.
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I drove down to the bridge across the Arroyo above La Fabrica and walked down to the bar again, on the way I was very pleased to see at least 15 male Spanish Sparrows (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and who knows how many females in a large patch of reeds.
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Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) male. |
Around a pool in the river bed I found a male Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) as well as a couple of
Desert Darters (Sympetrum sinaiticum).
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Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) male.
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As I walked I also saw
Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Iberian (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto). |
Spanish Sparrows (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) males. |
I reached the area where I could see across onto the fields and soon found Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) and Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata).
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
On my way back up the river and it had warmed up a tad so there were quite a few Butterflies on the wing including several
Clouded Yellows (Colias croceus),
Small (
Pieris rapae) and
Large Whites (Pieris brassicae) and a single Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui). |
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus). |
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Small White (Pieris rapae). |
I also has Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) and
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus).
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