A drive around the patch, a trip up to Hacho for a walk in the Pinewoods and a quick sit in the hide.
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Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
After a visit to the Physio I made my way back to the house via the field route checking out the Model Areoplane field where I had several Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) fly past, Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), a single Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), half a dozen Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) everywhere.
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Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata). |
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Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata). |
I drove on up to the Lucerne fields where I saw Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
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Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) male. |
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Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) female.
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Further along the Arroyo I added
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica) and a hunting Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus).
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Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia). |
I left the fields and on the way back up the road to the house I had a nice female
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and when I stopped outside Friends at the top of the hill for a chat I heard a group of Ravens (Cuervo / Corvus corax) passing over.
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Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) Pine Cone remains.
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Once I had had a chat with Chris and Wayne I went for a walk in the Pinewoods where I checked the base of the trees looking for Owl pellets but found none, however I did find the signs that the local
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) population were eating well.
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Orchids getting ready for next spring.
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More Orchid Rossetts, probably fusca.
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As I strolled around looking at the ground I was seeing loads of Orchid Rossetts coming up through the Pine Needles and guess most were
Somber Bee (Ophrys fusca / foresteri),
Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea) and
Giant Orchids (Himantoglossum Robertiana) but I will have to wait until March / April to be sure with some.
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Giant Orchids (Himantoglossum Robertiana). |
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Another Orchid species.
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In the trees around me I also saw and heard
Song (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos) and
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) and
Blue Tits (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla) and
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes).
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Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor Perdicera / Hieraaetus faciatus). |
I returned to the track and started to walk up towards the summit and then ack down to the car finding
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus) and
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major).
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Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea). |
I dropped back to the house and as I was unloading the kit I notice a couple of raptors distantly over the Olives, expecting them to be
Common Buzzards (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) I raised my bins to find it was actually a pair of Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor Perdicera / Hieraaetus faciatus) always a great species to get from the garden.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkaktLnd5hhAhIEq0ApPNfROVYEB2-G-imzoU_RBFhGV4BfIklKNMs_h8x1VcqO8vGFjELzjmu0QjYuy5L8p15HDzXcPoRfYRYK_wCK1XfYZIx7xGNCjhFy3-WwJkeQ6lcLChhyyRMzw/w640-h396/3rd-Dec-20-14.jpg) |
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba). |
I had some lunch and then went out in to the hide but I was quite windy and cold so I didn't last long, however I did get the resident Grey Wagtail and a very smart White Wag which are very very common locally but not regular down in the garden.
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