Good numbers of birds passing through the patch.
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Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis) Immature.
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I spent all morning starting the clean up at home after the Sahara sand storms of a couple of weeks ago but managed to get a walk in late in the afternoon.
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Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia). |
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Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia). |
I parked at the end of the muddy track and walked along the Lucerne fields and straight away I could see that there was a good movement of Hirundines with a couple of hundred of both
House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) as well as a good number of
Sand Martins (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) probably 75+ and a few
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica) but less than 10, they were all mixed in with a good number of
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) which were fighting against a strong head wind.
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Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica). |
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Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica). |
Other summer visitors included
Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
Western Yellow (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava flavissima) and
Blue-headed (Yellow) Wagtails (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava flava), Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) and Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus), male Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe) and Whinchat (Tarabilla Nortena / Saxicola rubetra) and a flock of
Greater Short-toed Larks (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla).
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Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius). |
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Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius). |
By the Walnut trees I heard all the birds start to get worked up and as I turned around an immature
Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis) across and out over the Lucerne fields, other species included
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Tree Pipit (Bisbita Arbóreo / Anthus trivialis) and back at home I picked up a new garden species when a
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) flew over calling.
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