A walk on the lower loop and then a couple of hours watching the birds coming in for a drink at the Puddle.
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Almond Blossom.
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I started by going for a walk as the area where the puddle is was still in heavy shade, almost straight away I could hear
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and further along the track Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia),
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), several
Redwings (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus) and all around the site there were lots of signs of
Wild Boar (Jabalí / Felis silvestris) including rooting, a wallow and lots of rubbing trees.
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The Wallow.
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Rubbing Tree.
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At the furthest point of my walk I found several spikes of flowering
Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri) as well as a couple of Almond Trees covered in Blossom.
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Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). |
I walked back along the same route and parked the car in a slightly different spot from the last time which gave me a better angle on the surrounding Almond trees which paid off really well as I got some nice shot of the birds up off the mud.
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Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla) Male.
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Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla) Male. |
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Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla) Male. |
Next came a couple of very smart
Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris), Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla) x2 Males, Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus).
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Brambling (Pinzón Real / Fringilla montifringilla) Male. |
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Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) Male.
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Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) Male. |
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Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) Female. |
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Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) Female. |
I was getting some shots of a couple of
Siskins (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus), a larger shape dropped in next to them which turned out to be my first
Hawfinch (Picogordo / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes) of the year putting me on 216.
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) Male. |
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) Female. |
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) Male. |
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) Female. |
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) Male. |
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) Female.
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) Female.
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As I sat there more birds started to come in but not all stayed long enough to get the camera on them including
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Mistle (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).
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Amethyst Toadflax (Linaria amethystea). |
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Erophila verna. |