Just a quick stomp around the Juniper woods amongst the Thrushes and Finches.
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Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris). |
A bit later in the afternoon than planned I went for a drive just up the road to Sad Hill and then did a wide loop around the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Cemetrey, on the way up there were good numbers of thrushes including
Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus).
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Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris). |
I parked and the walked up in to the Junipers on the top side of the cemetrey and then down along the far side through the trees, on the way I had quite a few more
Fieldfares, probably 30+, 20 odd
Mistle Thrushes,
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) and overhead several
Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy7dxTkdYXZZddQgX71nyBH-NdJmPNVbSZH-gIyGejALrFMgiZZl6PhcXd_EGAlL_Rxmhb9s57XOWPkBpun2JQ_mE7aa85Osikx39IpZmhuzRardlhwj1EBD1JONsEELUrtQSodOjU-XUOmlea_naDc5Sr54hltInp2OtZzzW3wUX-sqeaJ-TbuskA=w640-h424) |
Citril Finch (Verderón Serrano / Serinus citrinella). |
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5x Citril Finches (Verderón Serrano / Serinus citrinella). |
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23+ Citril Finches (Verderón Serrano / Serinus citrinella). |
I came out into a more open area with lower plants and some Wild Rose bushes, in this area there were quite a few Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), a pair of Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), an Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei)which flew up from the short grass and even more Thrushes.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie614xD6qggJpCrn0qydL7nhT4gcvBjnXLoMDrOSGUKZtddNG4kc3L-0GlEDCTunMfD-yskuS7QFT6EFK8U-py-sNlF1P1BylnJ25umspp3TIcp7zQHIvBgn26AJCJlppgwnvsGNUxu-IqV5bwVFk9AYmMD0TGNpd26yFY3k0pxaSFQurAz980HJlb=w640-h506) |
Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla).
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Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla). |
Just as I was about to walk back towards the car I saw several more finches up on the slope above me that looked interesting so I walked up a short way and I was soon able to identify the first ones as Citril Finches (Verderón Serrano / Serinus citrinella), as I got closer more and more birds were coming up and the suddenly the whole flock of around 40 birds went up as a stunning male Hen Harrier (Aguilucho Pálido / Circus cyaneus) came over the ridge. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUVWJhCcW1sBo1D_XbqEIBr2puXOyEcTJVBUWEj78ROkbPPGoCvwNyX2JjhGb1bUs41ubp8XWKLu_NByg33lc8E6NxUDm223vL9SuxIKsDvdaVx0pi1fAZhg47QILTatxF1_GcDnman2m_hhkr1YS5OTCeEPOSYU8poAb3s3Ujb8MchTuLzWZTDUPx=w640-h594) |
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus). |
Unfortunately it saw me straight away and turned and shot off low down the valley, I continued on back to the car picking up Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and in a patch of rose bushes by the car a couple of Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla) and a Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus) in amongst a big group of
Common Chaffinches (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs).
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