A damp morning walk along the Arroyo.
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Sierra de Loja, above and below the clouds.
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Not as damp as yesterday but still a damp start after a very wet night which meant when I came down to do the walk I could not cross to the far back of the Arroyo as it was flowing nicely if not a tad muddy for the first time since my return to Spain.
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The Arroyo with some water at last.
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I drove to the Eastern end of the Arroyo near the Mesia road where I parked and walked back towards the road seeing Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) and a wintering Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla) in the Juncus field.
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More rain on it's way in.
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Also along the Arroyo I found White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and a nice male
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) which popped up onto a reed stem for a few seconds before dropping back into cover.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKA47Ie2khIlrpxhoyEyKCIWhjXTeiQD1F12lBPJ5h52nAPGTkuG-b7HwQgPDhsJafN1QlXNUD8Qqo4_O-FS5HT1CA9j2GkyBU79Pta4tohjJjp3xVdJOZwE81sZGVtYFh7f1BSPCmqsQ/w640-h538/27th+Nov+20-4.jpg) |
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
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Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
I returned to the car and then went and parked by the Lucerne fields where I walked back towards the spot where I normally park, the first obvious thing was that there were no Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), they must not have like last nights weather either. However I did find Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), a single Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), lots of Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) and White Wagtails, 2 pairs of Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) flew over, several Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) which seem to be here in really good numers this winter but guess they may move out once we start to get the colder nights.
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Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
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Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
Down on the sides of the Arroyothere were good numbers of Goldfinches (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinches (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Linnets (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) as well as a local patch rarity when 5 Crag Martins (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) did a flyby.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_D-oMv516YbTxDfQfjXKZRZc2fTsh0Uen3iYexSKwKNzIMuc1gpRK_Bobgv0R2iw19I-r9WbFFY3kKI7Ya_B7nPfEjjBbwL209vdBPWFEmxfaTTnYZiSx-XIyixA5JFGQmRPlQXCMYSg/w640-h472/27th+Nov+20-8.jpg) |
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
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Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
As I walked back towards the car I had Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica).
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Mallards (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos). |
I walked passed the car and out to the Poplar plantation through the Asparagus fields where I had
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Black Redstart, Blackcap, Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ilOX8_7Ye0Ccdy_AWeabbiTf3Aw9IizX9p51-RLJPGD8Ylwehf5ZlsTVf3pnDI6ue7jwOCCT7TOGimsYj4Zg9KjzlbGQyOagiQMhIOHK82w0JA24Qn1LZirBYHVFwp_PTW_Rrc2tRBs/w640-h400/27th+Nov+20-11.jpg) |
Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris). |
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Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris). |
I walked just passed the plantation when a large flock of Sparrows flew up into a tree in a garden next to the road which I scanned through and I was suprised to see that most were Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and by the time they flushed up again I had reached 79 Trees anoungst the House Sparrows (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).
This was by far the largest flock of Tree Sparrows I had seen on the patch, this was to be followed a few minutes later by the biggest flock of Iberian Magpies (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) to date as well, I watched as 287 magpies flew out of the plantation and into the Olives.
Before I got back to the car I also recorded Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) and Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).
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