A productive walk on the fields this morning in the sun.Second Municipal Lock down Day 26.
Ebird List.
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Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) x3.
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I started the day by going into Loja to sort a few bits before going the long way around to the far side of the Arroyo as the water level was still too high to cross at the Ford.
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A rather scruffy looking Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata). |
On the Lucerne fields the
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) were still on site but more unusual was a group of 5 Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus) which were mixed in with them. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_e_1gAxpPGDcSYAPfWwcXWKlxe88E7BOwYrN5FoJkK1lVj4-UxYiznAha1kv1yQCdq6EmTq06WV3Ncrgv0anJzoompZbtkQzFJZZqPvy2Y-Mi8-TxRuQSVevCDJXPTA5RfKkfTYjYxho/w640-h532/11th-Feb-21-3.jpg) |
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) after a bath.
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I then had a rather strange, scruffy looking Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) which had been around for a while but this was the first time I had it on the ground. In the same area I also had
Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Iberian Magpies (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), a flock of over a 100
Linnets (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), 40 odd Skylarks (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Grey Wagtails (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and a very skulking Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
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Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus). |
I turned around at the normal parking point and walked back to the car on the way picking up lots of
Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), the 4 Common Crossbills (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) that have been knocking around the poplars, Corn Buntings (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and just 2 Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) which were surprisingly the only hirundines seen all day.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeG0V4z1c8OCDvFykjhLkuRqxSdvi0mIj07UdRqs-aJeLJhnJwrbMFlCf3_giEsW8ioGMqticy9Omz8l7uhDFdCy8T03vP2sdSQV3p0NINyhOeLQZQa42FyuGA6sQWXmbQpwgnU_oUXQ/w640-h488/11th-Feb-21-5.jpg) |
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba). |
I passed the car, only stopping to drop off my fleece as it was warming up nicely, I continued on following the Arroyo finding Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), the regular roosting Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) and the first of 3
Green Sandpipers (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus).
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
I crossed the road and again followed the Northern track I saw the first of several
Clouded Yellows (Colias corcea),
Small Whites (
Pieris rapae) and a single
Bath White (Pontia daplidice), all of which were seen on the leaves of
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum).
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Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) female. |
Birds along this stretch included 6
Reed Buntings (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus) which was the best count of the winter so far, at least 2 but probably more
Bluethroats (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), a male
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) which flew off quickly,
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris).
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Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica). |
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Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica). |
I turned around at the far end of the track and on one of the side ditches I had a smart looking
Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis) which was the first on the patch for a while and as I walked back I had a
Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta) fly up just before I decided to sit down and see what came close enough for a photo.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS0c85Is4k-o23Bv0bbgDtgmwarNyu7ka7yTHZA4wRA6e7tlzRyTOfacMUq2H7x2ZwUM46I0G6lJlAQnoWZDrMtY5JIyqKUs8C0shnL8BOTGykGQG7v6_SP-8MxYNfehblcuP4-2VChM/w640-h546/11th-Feb-21-8.jpg) |
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica) showing the red tail flashes.
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Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica). |
The male Bluethroat was the first to come, this was followed by an unexpected exotic species, a white Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) and even more unexpected was an early Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) which showed briefly a couple of times in the Reed Mace (Typha latifolia).
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Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). |
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Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). |
On my way back to the car I added
Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus) and
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos) before heading back up to the house.
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Small White (Pieris rapae). |
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Small White (Pieris rapae). |
Later in the day at around 18.00 I went up to another local spot where I had a pair Bonelli's Eagles (Aguila-azor Perdicera / Hieraaetus faciatus) displaying which was a fantastic site.
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Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus). |
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