A Spanish lifer and a few other nice bit and pieces for the year list.
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Great Bustard (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda) before the hunters arrived.
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I left Santi's in Silos and headed to Fuente de Nava arrivining before dawn but did not see any owl species as I had hoped for on the way, I parked at the Observatorio de Corralillos and waited for the light to improve as I sat in the corner of the hide trying to keep out of the very cold wind.
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Great Bustard (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda). |
The first species I saw in the air were several
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and I soon started to hear the
Geese getting restless and soon they were on the move but they flew straight out right in between the two places I could park so I missed most of them and only saw
Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBoZhH8xkghFcK88i4QCwfiC1mghrePPHocHl6V57rNib3eTZ6Fl-FhYJSMEwLSEKscOLbZYKk2vny_Zv1aGIsr9BFWD_GOjnRb4512N0zIycxdrHCYlSn8RzOMkSPI2LrgskfXp4QGEXSeKxke4cMAah7AIbW6TEFol7YC1XsHWB1AA8O8m5vsate=w640-h398) |
Great Bustard (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda) when the hunters arrived. |
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Great Bustard (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda).
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Species seen in the area included Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Spotless (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris) and several
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris).
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Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus). |
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Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus). |
I looked at the direction the
Geese were leaving in so I decided to head to Laguna Boada de Campos, on the way I came across a group of 12
Great Bustards (Avutarda Común / Otis tarda) and a small flock of
Common Cranes (Grulla Común / Grus grus) but the light was still not great so I continued on to the Laguna.
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Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser). |
I parked at the point where it say no access beyond this point and walked to the hide, on the way I had several
Greylag Geese, Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), a good sized flock of Tree Sparrows (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_AoSWhcVRkr0_Z5EAecdKQo6ox--gvL2UrFW6AbS2KqIKdqnb_-jo--VaVJq8EArlhxPafy9GwH7nx5Q_nRLLW_NYsiwa73tQg5ARW_OyWKDxlROudiBAh5azjeSnq0c0Di5BUKyl0R2KhBRVzEYSFVm9CdjkpFgNR77WlNnl3uo4G_yqRCgztsWE=w640-h208) |
Canada (Barnacla Canadiense /Branta canadensis), Greylag Goose (Ansar Común / Anser anser) and Greater White-fronted Geese (Ánsar Careto / Anser albifrons). |
I got up into the hide to give myself a break from the wind, I set up the scope and found good numbers of Northern Lapwings (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus) along with Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata) and White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).
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Canada (Barnacla Canadiense /Branta canadensis), Greylag Goose (Ansar Común / Anser anser) and Greater White-fronted Geese (Ánsar Careto / Anser albifrons). |
I retraced my way back towards Fuente de Nava again, I was surprised to find the
Great Bustards and
Common Cranes were still there and they behaved very nicely until a convoy of 6x 4x4 full of Hunters came by with the hands on their horns and yelling out of the window at me flushing everything, Assholes.
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3x Greater White-fronted Geese (Ánsar Careto / Anser albifrons). |
As all the birds had settled way off on the fields I made my way back to Observatorio de Corralillos where a decent sized flock of
Geese were feeding on the fields and when I scanned them I found most were as expected
Greylags but mixed in the group there were 17x
Greater White-fronted Geese (Ánsar Careto / Anser albifrons) and 2x
Canada Geese (Barnacla Canadiense /Branta canadensis) which were new for my Spanish list.Other species seen before I moved on were Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiok4LsCax8MyN88dWA3ti9Kw9I5AVQFZXTzciUwGRzedjMspcpF52QvGJmY8PU81lw51PsgGfZO5wI9x_2hl1cyyIPOeoRuefVgelAshKMCjcD1gAQG7qSSxOq32Ts62Xfb_FE4mlr86NMPeZOPgS8B2u6VKPeEa1lB1foB_6fEjYYOGt0266mDS7S=w640-h264) |
Canada (Barnacla Canadiense /Branta canadensis), Greylag Goose (Ansar Común / Anser anser) and Greater White-fronted Geese (Ánsar Careto / Anser albifrons). |
I left the site and hit the road for Galicia, the postponed part of my Christmas holiday but before I arrived I checked Encoro de Cebere, a resovoir where there had been Lesser (Porrón Bola / Aythya affinis) and Greater Scaup (Porrón Bastardo / Aythya marila) but as it was raining when I arrived I just took my bins with and found a way down to the water where I found a good sized flock of Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula) and I could see some Scaup species in the flock but could not Id which from the distance.
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