A visit to the Res, collected some los and back across El Temple.
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Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba) and Grey Herons (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
I drove up around the city to the Cubillas Res where I parked at the Northern end of the lake where the Rio Blanco flows in, here I found two
Great Egrets (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba) and several Littles (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) as well as lots of Grey Herons (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and one of the two reported Egyptian Geese (Ganso del Nilo / Alopochen aegyptiaca).
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Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis). |
Also seen out on the water were
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and around the margins and in the trees
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Iberian (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
Crag Martins (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris).
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Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
From here I went to Bobadilla and collected a boot full of logs before moving on out to the fields near La Malaha where within a few minutes I was watching one of the best raptors a
Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) which was either siting in one of the many Almond trees or up hunting. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XqRYTFpVdPnfZLAruaOLD8Auu0r2h6-B97TrKOzl7JZmFVvgAfoJvP1oSb7JOcecRyppmaR1UIraRUe3kYtgt1t2C7P7fOiDDwGJyjJcFiuBr78JxSw33GPIG1rNlrSP6CZfnGKEoqg/w640-h408/5th-Jan-21-9.jpg) |
Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
In the same area I also had
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Spanish (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and
Calandra Lark (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) x3,
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra) and
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica).
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Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
On the last it of track just before I left this site I saw a
Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) sat on a rock plucking its next meal but as I saw it, he saw me and flew but I still had some nice views of this stunning bird.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguusG_L9s8o0i2YbTid8FLI1rMCZ3cMm-j3DWze2ezWxpzWHQpLztSQR6sB0RJY5DVIl3MVml7OHnpzAQx267pBPHCOfkYpPW3cEgBLZC86WqylPfL2KWbVUQCzs1cQ-gTNefjCNyhceE/w640-h496/5th-Jan-21-11.jpg) |
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo). |
I drove across towards the Cacín Valley, on the way I boosted the list with
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and a distant soaring
Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos).
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Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra). |
Once I was down in the valley I went north to the Embalse de Cacín where I had a quick scan of the water finding
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and 3 more
Marsh Harriers.
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Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) the remains of its Kill.
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Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus). |
I drove North again and made one last stop by the cliffs at Moraleda but only managed to add Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius).
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