Driving back home picking up a couple of year ticks on the way.
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Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia). |
I had breakfast with Howard and Santi and thanked them for there kindness during my few days there, I had hoped to stay longed had to get back South.
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Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia). |
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Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata). |
I left Santo Domingo de Silos and headed across country to the Sierra de Gredos where I was hoping to pick up a couple of year ticks so I was very pleased to quickly find a few
Ortolan Bunting's (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana) in the area around a bridge over the Río Barbellido on the way down to the Parking Plataforma de Gredos.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTZaLwltm8avQydSL1BHx7_ITYfBQktyfAZA6xTXsIz1WJm4RUwavaQUH13yjmAdsAq3wiAR54UmmNcpMd5RUko5bdK_Ni2Zn9X0vEIR5aBIDgiSejBKdz5vNcHQ2OPwtjUMaAGrEK7s/w640-h480/25th-June-21-6.jpg) |
Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana). |
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Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana). |
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Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana). |
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Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana). |
After getting some shots of the Bunting I started to drive back out of the site but made a fast stop when I saw two Citril Finches (Verderón Serrano / Serinus citrinella) sat on the top of a dry stone wall near a Pine plantation.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcDXMHMoS5J7v-9UQ6f6nhdvDVYZgeZ2QXYKq2fBBiosFNW5b5HQ0Hm18-cUIMiTAUx8T958IfBPaCx1JJrHW6DwRuBuKA83c9MJYnW4zCRcuVS1sxrlfqBo-tnc-89ghR5vJO1fSBbk/w628-h640/25th-June-21-8.jpg) |
Fledgling Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
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Fledgling Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
I made one more stop in amongst the Pine Woodlands where I saw a very nice fledgling Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major).
I reached the far side of the pines and then drove the rest of the way home without incident.
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