The first day of three in Sierra Morena with friend Steve Powell.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitO4UhXyGLptN3QVh3_iM3FNmPlDLV7Jnsmpu3xcZ0lJL4CPZPwvjUkYiO17nygNgTKmqtbnblbOlbW_8PN_kcQO5o9PyUEN50Y8b70ETCAteydJ9JG90XpCHromfDXrtRPrwoH7ywGHKDLvxFoKclQzirIrtvTJ4RlvD7kf1ciI20QQxtP2cw_0S4/w640-h444/11th-April-22-1.jpg) |
Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti). |
Steve had driven up to Salar yesterday so that we could get off North fairly early, on the way up westarted the list off with Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), a couple of Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica) which were flying over a cereal field, Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).
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Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula). |
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Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea). |
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Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) a distant view of a nice male.
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We parked at the Área recreativa del Encinarejo and soon had two new species for the year, calling
Common Cuckoo (Cuco Común / Cuculus canorus) and Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus).
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Blue Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum creticum). |
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Spotted Rockrose (Tuberaria guttata). |
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Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum baeticum). |
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Pale Poppy (Papaver argemone). |
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Grey-leaved Cistus (Cistus albidus).
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Other species included
Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus) and
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major).
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Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus). |
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Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus). |
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Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major). |
We came to the river and scanned up and down stream adding
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), lots of passing
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and
Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRppSwK7m9vu4odvC035ROS9RYsTHigkAw2jqUnPn03WQQRJJerPSaRrs2UDdYLop4iNRkeRY0k-eWJjaip8h7vlRKvB5TlB_fDzkj547QgVl_uh3HBAiEotewRZcufk8rO5dfomoebuEd6SzepVyMAI7pCLHQuyj0QDYwEhQZV_z7tiFiUJCttJ-/w640-h496/11th-April-22-23.jpg) |
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) male after a bath. |
We walked out onto the bridge below the dam and soon added Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and as it had warmed up nicely we also so a few butterflies including Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua), Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina), both Small (Pieris rapae) and Large White (Pieris brassicae) along with Ramping Fumitory (Fumaria capreolata), Tassel Hyacinth (Leopoldia comosa) and Large Psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RKGusej3O2Wk1APHdx-ZaXqI2T2gGZlLg_kMpn6dFZaMLWyBEj-lyiqyCtW56r-m_wzTWNECXZqNPCL-MlBIKg9qGO3MHMChqX5jxVRUcPesBE4WDXNUjsbKjJQ-5_YGaKQ3kB-QZ_Xj1hwEpHmMKynF65lrn7OsLslZOTuzc-d1HkGZphjYBb-n/w640-h542/11th-April-22-24.jpg) |
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) male. |
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Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) male.
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We returned to the car and headed for La Caracola where we popped down to the hide and spent a couple of hours photographing the birds coming to the water there but only added Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), a couple of flyover Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and a flyby Hawfinch (Picogordo / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes) which unfortunately did not come to the water.
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