A very wet day out on the fields.
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Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus). |
I went down to the Town for some glue to do a couple of repairs but on the way back I crossed the fields seeing a flock of 15+
Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia) and 10 or so
Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus) on a ploughed strip next to the Model Aircraft as well as Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Spotless Starlings (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and both
Tree (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and House Sparrows (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).
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Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus). |
I continued on to the Lucerne fields finding at least 22 more
Golden Plovers and 49
Northern Lapwings, 5
Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and the usual
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5MHMGOuJJGB18COoYFrHvG2qMoHv1w-5aKTxIN-YEEHu4t0EESZacqjH2XZcFC01vTmiIXQzB2dsDlYxLwt9w2gW2GhQqaU65zAkrrGmd4KDClUGOd9-nJ665zoLNWmlDG-Hfh7GCDI/w640-h458/7th+Dec+20-10.jpg) |
A Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus) getting lown sideways. |
The weather closed in again and the rain hammered down so I went back home, the wind and rain continued for a good while, in the afternoon the rain stopped but the wind continued to get stronger. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0DdYAA2fz8PfCPGF6bNpiqre4cOjNaOcnDJLIeUF44FpNTMUDdfDcpKB9nTQR_06AYetM_xIAQTmGpJ3o5x9ljdWZHfsX52dt-4GTJla1xmDSL0gExKkJkWh8hPnEubxKUUoaxWy7PU/w640-h444/7th+Dec+20-9.jpg) |
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus). |
I went for a drive around the patch checking the fields around the Model Aircraft field, on a long strip of newly sown crop I found 140+ Northern Lapwings, some were feeding but the majority were roosting on the next newly ploughed field.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQqCoaHbiklmQ8lN6DDNGyG9OKYBhcwZ9JhJoKm8zESZU0tjPaJ_BS3YC7IjcHFg_QYRlynv44_phDUOOSeeAZ10NwFPrAC1F0OvQH_gB7XfiLL0IuxE9epur4k_qap3w5QuvHvyKFeY/w640-h440/7th+Dec+20-1.jpg) |
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) male. |
Right at the far end of the ploughed strip I found the Golden Plovers sat together roosting, also in the area there was a singleton Western Cattle Egret, lots of Meadow Pipits, Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and Skylarks (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmuO2CP71SqlA8BQ70IGaR22fI5iVmtKiIGxkRlP-j3W3BdEPo_LcZRiBDRRJS2zLONOkgc1zrDzzKW35PAHeylhY-t2woFyFX-t5WZ5t-vT-KnCujq1ri4k5WPxs8R-vkPh1jIp-Q2Y/w640-h484/7th+Dec+20-3.jpg) |
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) male. |
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Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) male. |
I turned towards mesia and checked the fields and then the irrigation channels adding Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica).
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Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) male. |
I parked on one of the bridges over the channels and almost straight away a cracking male
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) came up on to the concrete channel side and then spent awhile inview and the dropped down in the reeds and away.
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Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
Whilst here I also had a
Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) which spent some time having a bath in a puddle formed by a leak in the irrigation channel, it then walked out on to a tussuck and preened.
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Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
In the same area there were also several
Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CuBnatpefzfZVoJFOYfkCqjoUoMof82QXtosefegvK0wEQTAg-taZd9DY6MtTJh0XMiG1K0rvL-coksYUQSxPDqYvs1WJRD7FjOtgai4K38RXh5129iblZf8QOWouF4a36AIfVQdL_w/w640-h492/7th+Dec+20-7.jpg) |
Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
I returned home via the Lucerne fields where there were around 30 more Northern Lapwings, Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dtFsaOp2GMvMQh4_5NRhsfoU1ZNpEBc9MM3bp4djdLGAIz3JOA4qm5SzkwnvbrwCWl_lrcMaKBMlWucjow9s8z_hhFh-HpsfcvL4fl1srmS75m6kRo9kgY4X5jGY7Cas3DYJwgtSZd8/w640-h450/7th+Dec+20-8.jpg) |
Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
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