A Patch lifer and a new species for the year.
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Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis). |
I decided to make a start at cleaning up the front yard after the Sahara Sand storm but later in the day I went down to the fields for a walk, highlights included a new species for the patch which was a singing
Iberian Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Ibérico / Phylloscopus brehmii) in the Poplar plantation and then the first two
Common Whitethroats (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis) of the year.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQioGfOZ85xILr6S3PiP4KsyzSlohM98MrHorCrlDMXqkc8bG3R2eq5yIR6C3p8piBF7S74LY8y_GjM-mtSqRt6Sp_uA3qk9ZEk2-hJdm3wyFUWqZsCnbWSe_KIaMRctGBMAONAUpAM-NV8TAruyyyKDBQpCseN5WI6XZPCfH7_rxAms-S4G7WBAPB/w640-h470/1st-April-22-1.jpg) |
Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus). |
Other species included Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Water (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta) and Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) and Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) all of which were lingering on from the winter.
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Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
Newer arrivals included several singing
Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
House (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and
Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia),
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus) and
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius).
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
Resident species included
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Ce.tti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHtM4kPlkiplanbJ6zXDTVThmkw5S7GhLtKTa82VspBD5eaU4A3zS4-0hWK6zv-KoFv5MNMnbxAm5t0yZLi0ziLa6gx2dj0UsRy8_kHJkLibBXHqnpKW8kuWnxC_JLL82HqfAa4DvlqAHo_JJl1OUXSUqeKpOogkTGBkEgsNhFqWgo3qIbn0PC4NY/w640-h500/1st-April-22-5.jpg) |
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra). |
As I walked I also saw a few Wildflower speces including Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis), Corn (Papaver rhoeas) and Rough Poppy (Papaver hybridum), Mallow-leaved Storksbill (Erodium malacoides),
Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis), Hollow Stemmed Asphodel (Asphodelus fistulosus), Ramping Fumitory (Fumaria capreolata), White Mignonette (Reseda Alba), Wild Grape Hyacinth (
Muscari neglectum) and a couple of Butterflies including Small White (Pieris rapae) and
Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua).
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Rough Poppy (Papaver hybridum). |
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