A slower walk than normal along the Arroyo.
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Asparagus smoke over Huétor.
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Having tweeked my back a few days ago I took a slow walk along the Arroyo passing the Lucerne fields where there were still good numbers
Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Spotless Starlings (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) and loads of White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) having a drink in a puddle along the Arroyo. |
On the way I also saw Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and loads of the common finches as usual.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QTXCEjMoml2V8W-o6TIjuoNq5KgmvU6GSPhHBLhSCbF8gcXlV9SPYiWvWGwC6szJ51Vd1DRtk6-jWGP6NbnqMLS00hx9WTSaF6-_Pd4VgfHQCEmu5wleO7ZEE29_V4_5jqG0DAPuYC4/w640-h522/24th+Nov+20-9.jpg) |
Small White (Pieris rapae). |
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Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous). |
In amongst the Olives and Asparagus there were lots of Blackcaps (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) as well as several Small Whites (Pieris rapae) and a single Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOuQUk48mwLdYV89-BTFLBW-d9AUuoq8-wxcot8hpCCwSluj6I1H-KUd5qvLWAnJWWiJ6mmZcbAWDp3vRRBdVKkvg_9dNHwrYqmKVaH4lV3t6rXPhwj3-sQa33g_mB0Tt9gIHiTGyLGA/w640-h444/24th+Nov+20-8.jpg) |
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major). |
By a puddle formed by a leaking irrigation channel I saw
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and around the poplar plantation
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and a
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2IRgNkb2HZZ8CLB_hJia3c1FewZBvc7DLrvrbWVj0sPb1b6nnB3utvk-I-v76S7NAg-R-7zIT0V5hmnQTyChuVYkO_TWQrnvPAlE079kILnxPbwiXIBpoJ554WFNBVlCF-v8SXGGGZA/w640-h544/24th+Nov+20-5.jpg) |
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus). |
On my way back I Added Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) and
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15rOXTytjS-y4U1W3lI11entILOIJ6LalM9YmZ3xj85Z-iH_A6a1_dM9pKYiBIMMeNgTf0BYVyEI1txeXh4MP6Hjk48X0RMgP8DaxNo_6A8OHdnfLdcDIK7s7eKdIEayN8BHo5RUTtZ0/w640-h508/24th+Nov+20-7.jpg) |
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
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Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
Later I had a quick look at the pines finding Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) and Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and
Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia).
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