Christmas morning walk.
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Common (Urraca / Pica pica) x3 and Iberian Magpies (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) x12. |
This morning was as many mornings are at the moment I was awake at 05:30 and up at 06:00, so after getting the jobs done I was out on the fields for a walk, right by the car there was a group of Iberian Magpies (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) along with 3 Common Magpies (Urraca / Pica pica), a flight of 8 Mallards (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) x8 and out on the Lucerne fields along with Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) x1 and Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) x28.
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Hazy early sun.
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Along the Arroyo I heard a
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Spotless Starlings (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) x250,
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia) x13,
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus) x200 or so, Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa) x6, the first of 3 Green Sandpipers (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and lots of Woodpigeons (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) around 130 sat up on the wires.
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Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
I continued on through the fields finding Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) x3, Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala).
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A foggy morning by the Plantation.
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I reached the Poplar plantation where I added
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) and Great Tits (Carbonera Común / Parus major). ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTqS6BYgBQ8xRAQ9xWMgaM0VvxYmHjyPK9d_kIRP7MT1O4wzA_ujZeUbVAlWbAE1O_pcSLfolpszmLBmaqLbbWmwGeUD6lHl9PztDRG_MsJKuLMSsVGCsfzftSHkdUEIFIiV4cgRxmyQ/w640-h634/25th+Dec+20-4.jpg) |
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra). |
I walked back towards the car and along the bank above the Arroyo I had a
Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and a couple of
Common Kestrels (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus). I reached the car and then went back to the house.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpSHwcVnDvsuqH9pKmoXA7BHuKSvwDq_SAYWchSeEFNwJ7VXFcyI-ClkDycWqpAEBxvYO88uXLpzH-2JzoEKSSd2iEFLqTMhMxN-v0WJb4EFbdaz490S-ZcyJpA_IQ2dTk6kXBf0CIo0/w640-h480/25th+Dec+20-2.jpg) |
Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus). |
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