A walk to see the new section of the La Yecla path and to have another try for the Wallcreeper.
Ebird List, 37 species.
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Hairy Violet (Viola hirta). |
During the night I had the window open and could hear the frogs in the garden calling, I am fairly sure they were
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) even this far North.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh05N6Kd9NtHrVEPZ9ueGkMoKgNmgC3gky7rpUgVysK8WqF7nVlwHSiMXeTtsLBk6hIFE-lgC_DcMra7AIPL6HRAioLFBdzCRGDssPFJNhRAjpEu3m74L8XoWpxzDc8J9QesMYkVjfopKJNCptKW0p2nKrszgTxSP-BzoID6bs78JD_FwlkL2lCU7l5=w573-h640) |
Hairy Violet (Viola hirta). |
I started the birding in Santi's Garden by picking up a female looking
Hawfinch (Picogordo / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes) picking around in the lawn and a
Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia) which was mixed in with the resident
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) flock.
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Stinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus). |
Later we drove to the start of the new section of the walk through the La Yecla Gorge and in the trees where we parked I had another
Hawfinch as well as several
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), a singing Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis),
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and at least three Iberian Green Woodpeckers (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) which were calling from different directions and on the roadside back a few bits of flowering
Hairy Violet (Viola hirta).
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Santi on the new bridge at the Northern end of the gorge.
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We started the walk along the road and then took a track through a Pine plantation where good numbers of
Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) hawking over the trees and a small tit flock containing
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) and
Crested Tits (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla).
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The entrance to the Gorge, the Wallcreeper was on the rocks in the top left.
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Along the first / new section of walkway we saw 3 more
Rock Sparrows, both
Cirl (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus) and
Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and several clumps of
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) and Stinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) down along the stream.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMbkIGSlVBGhdl_9Z9PDXPObhSpH6fYcAjC0pIq_-N2_CljQitnpiO6lcrNag1MEFKg7PleABBmb2e8OVRX2mhfhdMGXiE3LtuiclTkVuuobFRxSmUWbKooIVwd6fVQoYePt7soTB2g_LMvK1SZtWvNIq07x5ICZqALZWqksr2k8NE3U4Vn3Hu9hhy=s16000) |
On the Gorge walk.
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We reached the original part of the Walk through the gorge and continued on up to the Southern end of the Gorge adding a good number of Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), a Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus) and a
Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) which was carrying a largish catch.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2S9y9og6F7iLPPFMG76rJxzQfDWbrO_5MLAV7noSqzZS6PThgW8bfHffNU3LaJn9iWME8SHF61DNPQCZryHOnq-TfKemyY-cIlbrqAGR90gSRobdKRWCKxgE9I4mYNgSQv1UceUuAqLafcNBeWnhdVJjhHuaC2CyNkO31OkjgJCXsK77rIl618A8U=s16000) |
Looking up stream.
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At the Southern end we had what I suspect was a second smaller looking Peregrine fly throw the Gorge and a few moments later a very smart adult Egyptian Vulture (Alimoche Común / Neophron percnopterus) which drifted east along the crags.
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Down of the trail.
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We walked up to the Cafe hoping to get a coffee but it was shut so we checked the trees near there adding a calling
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), a pair of Grey Wagtails (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone) and after we turned around and followed the road back to the first tunnel we picked up 4 Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), a Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) and a very smart female Merlin (Esmerejón / Falco columbarius) which came towards us from the east and did a couple of low fast circles before heading North.
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Back down stream.
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We walked through the two tunnels and then dropped back down onto the new part of the trail, half way down the steps I noticed a bird drop on to the cliffs way over on the other side of the river, I was over the moon to see it was the Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria) when I got my bins on to it, I knew it was way to far off for a picture so I just enoyed watching it for the short period it was there before it flew over the ridge and away.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0gy4kXVz-xLEUSHzCr03QCdKTSyOGtNAiBUGIV-yqfmDsIyQUxDRgECFB-OwNFmVzRZQYl5Pscowxgjms_XukHPOaszKtKQp44XFf2eqK3KiQ2ZjUyAeeDQXnz6WNZUaNcifu3z62IAxUFMgxXdkipuxiul1uYkp2a3jBLBEMpm3anAf4qDK9H6QX=w626-h640) |
Rush-leaf Jonquil (Narcissus assoanus). |
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Rush-leaf Jonquil (Narcissus assoanus). |
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Rush-leaf Jonquil (Narcissus assoanus). |
As we walked back to the car the only species added were a few spikes of what I think were Rush-leaf Jonquil (Narcissus assoanus) which we had walked passed on the way up.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8mylWlLAK3ahKoMf7K-sAhhhf2meGbAjr8xZYK-jvH-hLOJYvp-JnuIZdzLVzIgRp_BYOiN8hkgSJXk5UqngQw3TNbi3i3DoTuuWsS4J-d5jbGsxWnNC-KY_ht7VzTIlPauYMLm8vgmZRHC5MiuIl7-RpLdRmYHtocR-zshiLfsJwTB8BOnstysTi=w640-h480) |
Silos after the Chants.
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Later we walked down to the Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos where we listened to the evenings Gregorian chants by Benedictine Monks, I have no religious beliefs but you don't need to have to appreciate this event and it also bought back a lot of good memories of the several visits I had made there with Jayne, Howard and Santi.
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