A trip around the far end of the Patch and then a quick visit to Padul.
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Great Spotted Cuckoo (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius). |
I drove along the Motorway and then into the El Temple area where I was hoping to get some photographs of the summer visiting
Great Spotted Cuckoos (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius) but I didn't manage to get the close up shots I wanted but it was still great see and hear these noisy birds.
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Great Spotted Cuckoo (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius). |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius). |
In the first area I visited I found several of the
Cuckoo's, a small flock of 5
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), good numbers of flying and calling Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and
Calandra Lark (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pKTpajKUrOMfJyMrWLvkhVeAn6tAY7TX4yE6erbnR_uZZS_CMvUr48lOgnMltruXavVcExWCZ2plBdD3uczio5OrE7ME52c7JP3QL7Eg23n8hABroLsbddNT_uw1x9uornwlhdrEuNI/w640-h464/22nd-March-21-10.jpg) |
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra). |
As I dropped down off this first area I had a Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) sat on a large rock pile catching a bit of sun, Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis) and Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).
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Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes). |
I moved to a second site where I regularly see a pair of
Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) and today I was pleased to see them at the same spot but also I watched as they mated a couple of times which looks promising for the pair to be breeding on the site again.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwG01Rm98ipOxWTAQUdp_at9RI2o2m_t5Hvp3_kxpi_iiysiXpXgSpBeENeKasnO8desf_gjhhQO7x0d3Vs5ngCzrksoYFL7GQp1CzGFcex41C0Eq25XC5o_pielKwvgFhQTZcUFNLy6s/w470-h640/22nd-March-21-11.jpg) |
Italian Man Orchid (Orchis Italica). |
In the same area I had a female Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis) as well as Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea), Large White (Pieris brassicae) and Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSX9K5hLUKuz5c_Rq01wfhT5kDkbV9WUqhAWrFZJVAphqSvLKNZNi-D1ZJunLFp3Fu14fC5j0Tjg5eQdyPLKM8TxbusGVRaiiMV0AgvbTtYiGL3vDuoleoYA-HMEHV6ZFMhYGZRW5IQVk/w640-h536/22nd-March-21-12.jpg) |
Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
I continued on across the area and out on to the road to the Cacín Valley, on the way in a roadside Oak woodland I found a few spikes of Somber Bee Orchids (Ophrys fusca / foresteri) along with a single Italian Man (Orchis Italica) and a few
Sawfly (Ophrys tenthredinifera).
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Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis). |
At the view point I scanned the ridges finding Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) and a very nice Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor Perdicera / Hieraaetus faciatus).
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Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor Perdicera / Hieraaetus faciatus). |
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Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor Perdicera / Hieraaetus faciatus). |
I dropped down into the valley and went North up to the Contra-embalse where I parked and scanned the water finding
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) and an immature Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUmrG5pKg9IhqSzmeoqgsITURtFqgIdLAEUzta7S1Abi7_6PrHVYfnu5b0UjftJjgm4IV0mIcuvpK9sqWXjQiFov7_LjMiWum8X55rxmBDRTu6Cc8oouzPcmPIvNO0w8aZ9_5Usi0AjA/w640-h376/22nd-March-21-15.jpg) |
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
Around the lake I also had a pair of Marsh Harriers, Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus) x8, Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and just as I was about to leave all the birds on the lake went up which was caused by a low level fly through by a female Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis).
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Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae). |
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Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae). |
I drove up the valley and then took to the fields again finding
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri),
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and a nice young Ocellated Lizard (Timon lepidus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEino_W8cxunGSdOFddmuaz09f3HCCb2_2JSHWpygwZP0dGTku6QDDJYkVHjeXxtJT9e61pyhyphenhyphen7-tbbPnTrZIqPOz4sWyLfYsho70eKPirH551pRhIwXCNmoklmJ155Ka4mWdIukjhN-6gY/w640-h352/22nd-March-21-19.jpg) |
Ocellated Lizard (Timon lepidus). |
I went to another site to find a few Orchids, searched a area of scrub grassland finding Fan-lipped (Anacamptis collina), Mirror (Ophrys speculum), Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea), Dark Spider (Ophrys incubacea) and Bumble-bee Orchids (Ophrys bombyliflora).
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Spotted Crake (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana). |
At this point I got a call from my friend Juan to say that he was at Padul and he had seen
Spotted Crake (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana) and singing
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) so I drove down there and found both from Juans directions.
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Spotted Crake (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana). |
I also saw
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) and
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjlYySIK0qloe60REJk4wh9cbdQU7IQltjIeIW39ggF72-7TiDpDeyJrCuBRPFhXV6UHFicrcKdgU9a9xHVmk_NuySKyg-t5YWfzEihNCNBa8kdaZ4Oamwvvohq3caiEbCTqdOXYkZ6Q/w640-h436/22nd-March-21-4.jpg) |
Spotted Crake (Polluela Pintoja / Porzana porzana). |
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