After staying local I ventured out a bit further to the far end of the Patch.
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Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis). |
I got up early and was out on the fields of the El Temple area just as it was getting light and I started my list on a track to some Olive Oil pools finding
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and a nice male Hen Harrier (Aguilucho Pálido / Circus cyaneus).
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Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis). |
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Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis). |
I dropped back to the road and went a bit further before taking another one of the many track, along here I found
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Calandra (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra) and
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Spotless (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Mistle (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), on a chainlink fence I saw
House (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Rock (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia) and
Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) and a Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus). |
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo). |
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Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo). |
I moved off the site heading for the Cacín Valley via another set of tracks and was pleased to get views of two different Merlins (Esmerejón / Falco columbarius), the first was a low flying male and the second a larger female which was perched on a fence post before flying off low in pursuit of a small passerine, probably a Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis). |
One of two late Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica). |
On my way to the Cacín Valley I had Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) and
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae)in the hills and
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus)
and Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) along the Rio Cacín near the village. |
Male Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum). |
I dropped South down the Valley adding Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius) and Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) before heading back North to the Contra- Embalse where I boosted the list with
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Ferruginous Duck (Porrón Pardo / Aythya nyroca),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), 2x
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera) a species I don't often see here,
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), flyover
Siskins (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus), 2x
Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and an immature
Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis) which flew the full length of the lake upsetting everything and perched in a Pine tree on the opposite bank for a moment.
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Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) male. |
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Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) female. |
My next stop was just down the road at the bridge over the Cacín where I did a walk to the fence near the Dam for the Embalse, on the way I saw Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) as well as
Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii) x4, a male Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum) x1 and
Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) x4.
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Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia). |
I made a brief stop at the crags below Moraleda where I had a
Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura) right up on the top rocks before heading out onto the Fields nearby and finding 2x Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis),
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata) and a small flock of
Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild). |
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
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Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
I called in at Balsa de Rigedor but did not find anything new so I pushed on to my last stop which was my usual patch around the Lucerne fields where I found Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus),
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), a single Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia),
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago) and a
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) before heading home with a total of 80 species on the bird list.
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