Another wet visit to the fields.
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Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
I drove down to the fields in the rain and parked by the swampy patch formed by the leaking Irrigation channel, the first bird I saw was a Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta) which was the first I had seen on the patch this winter.
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Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
In the same pool there was a single Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) and several Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) and White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) which were picking around the margins and in the weedy patches suround this pool Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) where feeding.
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Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago). |
Further along the irrigation channel I watched Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), a male Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) and Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) feeding in amongst the reeds and a pair of Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) sat up higher watching the surroundings.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjKztKs30y-gkTlbNqjxKLgRj-fhZWyvEK_OHRElHjgjTEaDNVwBlr9x-m_PWAE1VYNUtT87MTb576Tm7odLy2po2ELe-tYgPv-7ldssNiKXx9X9cOFJGZvi-_wvuPDKT5yl4si_f92c/w640-h470/8th+Dec+20-2.jpg) |
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus). |
Further out on the fields there was a flock of around 40 Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), lots of Spotless Starlings (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Collared Doves (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Common Magpies (Urraca / Pica pica),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and 4
Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
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Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
I went and had a look at the fields around the Airfield and found around 140 more
Northern Lapwings, a flock of arournd 45 roosting
Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia) which had almost doubled since yesterday.
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Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus). |
There were also a few
House (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and
Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) on the fences and wires and in the area Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwQhDAGZ_3Q0nqugNSDfBswaJOTUf5Drmad_PxO5jRcfLSVxsz_2u08eo7_pwVnMmIuO6kHqfV9prT1eShb9ud5AjUsZ1bFJ6HHF9ZxoBf3kaeH2dkIyjw8e-_KQEceCnZ-8ZDTUJK3VY/w640-h374/8th+Dec+20-6.jpg) |
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba). |
On my way back towards the house I took another couple of the tracks finding Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPSdH_aulP_j_5gfHrznHCUJDt2T7o_oVQ_87ysdAWJ1Wi5a5fYSSrraXb-mtWlqYUJZ0yDnjA9G4WPp3NRVbjfjQ6Qi23KnBaztTr_aV_M5moO7yX7JH2RIoYC6DAA4xppy4_DfGaRA/w640-h440/8th+Dec+20-8.jpg) |
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) winter male.
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Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) winter male. |
Along the Lucerne fields I found Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Iberian Magpies (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and the regular male Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).
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Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto). |
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Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto). |
As I walked from the car I got a couple of shots of a pair of
Collared Doves in the fruit tree by the pool.
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