A walk up Hacho, a couple of hours in the hide and then a walk along the Arroyo.
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Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) female. |
The weather had been bad over night so the garden was not going to get any attention so I went for a walk up Hacho a smallish hill to the North of Loja well inside our own Municipal area.
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum Robertiana). |
On the way I had a very well behaved
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) sat on some roadside wires as well as Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UvfuQJlTG7XEQdAEqS_R9cmH9Xv8t6L59CDfqY4AP-7P_5a0fTHvBpjGc4lyZRJp0DMlNG8QznltXY10zhDYzbDoAzvVwFAmbbFHQ-6ifQ4bSvLhRgztL4i8k99SqhyPXeRau2MjMAw/w640-h512/7th+Nov+20-3.jpg) |
Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
I parked by a large Pylon on the left of the track and then walked up to the top car park where I had a nice view out over Loja to the Sierra de Loja where I hope to go tomorrow as almost all of the hill is inside our municipal area and there won't be many people up there hopefully.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQ-MqxUsCR6ZEA4MQguoWBnz3aVhFwy8LKzjQU4WztlKtZeEwIx-CTAFbzSxTQOsCNG3IwFY8bTLpc0Sp0Hz3rHAH7xgcyujkFZy2VzdugzALHq5P2hYRhseeJeQYaGsUXgZwtNz62mk/w640-h480/7th+Nov+20-10.jpg) |
View out over Loja to the Sierra de Loja. |
On the way I picked up more Common Kestrels, Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) and Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura) and Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula).
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Looking up from the top car park.
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In the pine woods there were lots of the leaf rosettes of
Giant (Himantoglossum Robertiana) and
Somber Bee Orchids (Ophrys fusca / foresteri) which were getting ready for next springs show, in the pines in this area there are several hundred spikes of both and other species.
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Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea). |
On my way back down I had a couple of Red Admirals (Vanessa atalanta), a Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei).
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Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) Male. |
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Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) Male. |
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Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) Female. |
Once I reached the car I drove back home and then set up the hide for a couple of hours getting
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) at one point I had to break cover and lift the hide as I could hear a group of 7
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) flew over the garden, only my second garden record.
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Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
Also seen were Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula). |
At around 16:30 I parked down on the fields and did my usual walk along the Arroyo Vilano out as far as the Poplar pantation and back adding
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) as well as Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea) and Small White (Pieris rapae).
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