Another Owl down on the patch.
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Scops Owl (Autillo Europeo / Otus scops). |
I spent most of the day painting at the house so did a mid afternoon walk down on the fields, I parked in the normal place and walked up the river bed following a herd of Sheep which were flushing all sorts including
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) and
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus).
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Scops Owl (Autillo Europeo / Otus scops). |
As I walked back down the Arroyo I past a tree and it started to call at me and within a minute or two I was watching a stunning
Scops Owl (Autillo Europeo / Otus scops).
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Male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
I walked the Lucerne fields and heard a male
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) Raspberry blowing and I also saw 2 female birds. Other species included Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and a male Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica).
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