A days birding with Kim and Nick.
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Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus). |
I met Kim and Nick up at the Cortijo de Tajar and we went along the A92 and turning towards Chimeneas where we parked on the roadside just before the town where we soon started to build a decent day list with Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala).
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Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus). |
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Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus). |
We drove down to the tarmac again and our next stop was near some Oil pits out on another of the many track but on the way we had views of a couple of very smart Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), a immature and female type Montagu's Harriers, another 3 Booted Eagles, a fly over Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae).
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Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus). |
At the Oil pits we added Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) and a distant passing Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) before we headed out on to the road over to Cacín finding, Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) and another Short-toed Eagle which sat on a pylon before flying of down in to the Valley.
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
Down in the valley we had a pair of Bonelli's Eagles (Aguila Perdicera / Aquila faciatus), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and down by the Roman Bridge we had a male Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius).
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
Further up the valley we mad a stop at the Contra Embalse de Bermejalis and spent a shortish time scanning the water as it was starting to get quite hot, during this short stop we gave the list a boost with Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Black-necked (Zampullín Cuellinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) and Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and a calling Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus).
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Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo). |
We did a short diversion and got some nice views of a Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) before going to our last stop of the day which was looking up at the cliffs near to Moraleda where we had a distant but very nice Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo) and we finished off with several Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica).
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