Making my way home with a year tick on the way.
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Dawn at Hoces del Río Duratón. |
I left Santi's early and drove South to Hoces del Río Duratón a well known site for the uncommon
Dupont's Lark (Alondra Ricotí / Chersophilus duponti), on the way along the track in to the site I started the day list with
Thekla (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea) and
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone) and Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxzXstgX3V2pEkmhBMoQaKAsWwoymcHuSC-T4dtFkOI1fnuECUbd17wHp0MaxOVjxDXWrspR24pUU12Wio6XTMqKfUXXOMs5u2BR7-5mgdcwihNWSoUVRU_ux3sgQ6TwQqVqj6oGDChQX47W_09B4SNxM26d0IkZexJJLRQY7xQ0uy7X-7TG7YFR3M=w640-h352) |
Hoces del Río Duratón. |
I parked several times as I drove along the track and listened hoping to hear and see a Dupont's, in two spots I could hear a male singing from across a ravine but as I know how sencertive the site is I did not try for views as it would have meant wandering out into the grassland and a sound record will do for my year list.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxuTPS6iRRT1HH28Io-zASBSia6kC2C24sH_FhfjaBpPfYdVQTlh2zwFWwk_ZI-S23JZvKFVblIZbJhc8Mva3iQWdR0RzQ1H6OT0WTxjzOZdHPPRIg-vxOVPizdsh9KzE97pq0o8yB9p-CD8wo3-Bgd8HYMn4r-fNTP-lthB33HohnLAkuKkZLeVbc=w640-h500) |
Roe Deer (Corzo / Capreolus capreolus). |
Other species seen as I was birding up and down the track included Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and half a dozen
Roe Deer (Corzo / Capreolus capreolus).
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Roe Deer (Corzo / Capreolus capreolus). |
As I drove south I added
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus) x8,
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) x40+,
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).
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Roe Deer (Corzo / Capreolus capreolus). |
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