A couple more hours in the hide and then a walk on the fields.
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Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum) male. |
Again after cleaning up the leaves and pulling masses of new weeds that had come up since the rains last week I set up the hide and sat in there for a couple of hours.
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Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum) male. |
Before I went in I took some shots of one of the three male Desert Darters (Sympetrum sinaiticum) that were hanging around the pool, there was also a female which was egg laying in tandam with one of the males but she did not settle at any point.
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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) male.
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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) male. |
It was extreamly windy but some birds still came in including
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and both male and female Blackcaps (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla).
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Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
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Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
Also seen and heard were
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and both Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and all the resident
Perez's Frogs (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi). |
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) male. |
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Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) female. |
Later in the afternoon I went for a walk down on the fields and along the Arroyo Vilano and striaght away I had a hunting
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus) which whizzed across the Lucerne field chasing
Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).
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Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea). |
As I walked on I saw
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Black Redstart,
White Wagtails,
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Goldfinch and Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus). |
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major). |
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Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major). |
I continued over the fields and passed the Poplar plantation Small White (Pieris rapae), Spotless (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
Common Starlings (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and a cronking Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) which was sat on one of the Pylons.
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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala). |
On the walk back to the car
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
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The approaching rain.
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Luckily I got back to the car just before the rains started and drove back to the house.
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