A walk around the Cemetery and through the Juniper woods.
Ebird List, 35 Species.
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Looking down to Sad Hill.
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Santi and I headed up to the Sad Hill Cemetery and after parking we walked out wide of the actual main site as there were a coach load of people there already, as with most tours they were soon back on the coach and away allowing us to look around the main spot.
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The way down to the Cemetrey.
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Clint. |
This has always been one of my favourite locations in Spain, Jayne and I have enjoyed visiting this special place several times over the years and since she has passed it holds many very good memories for me.
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Hoop-petticoat Daffodil (Narcissus bulbocodium). |
On the walk down to the center of the Cemetery where the main gunfight from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly was filmed we found lots of
Hoop-petticoat Daffodil (Narcissus bulbocodium) which would have pleased Jayne as she loved Daff's as well as quite a lot of the tiny Sand Crocus (Romulea bulbocodium).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKSLrCTSlaHk--roDnabiKG-HhQe11QXgleiRWmNVwpSEXiMPLulKwuJXCKr4x9_nBBGJD7uApiaMTWeZY2ZDMdwkDcGeZ1EkyP-SPUxVe2L60kBzbzl3gDYJkS-jL8q6tVPS1r_KgUWWFlvnH6uJ4ZqqkhIa9prL_nqcaroRIb3_hJm5RpWcEHY1v=w640-h562) |
Sand Crocus (Romulea bulbocodium). |
We reached the Post with Jayne's name and were pleased to see the paint was lasting well so we did a loop of the Cemetrey checking the Juniper Woods as we went and we saw or heard Iberian Green (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) and
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and off down the valley a Short-eared Owl (Buho Campestre / Asio flammeus) whch was hunting over the larger areas of grassland.
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A soggy approach to the Gunfight circle.
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We came back around towards the car adding a singing
Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea) aand a flock of small birds including
Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and Long-tailed Tits (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Common Chiffchaffs (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus).
Other species seen during the walk included Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) and Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax).
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Jaynes Marker.
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We returned to the car and went back to the house, later Santi went for siesta so I decided to head back to the Cemetery to see if I could see the
Short-eared Owl again.
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Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus). |
As I walk down through the Junipers I could hear lots of small birds getting very upset at something, as I approached I could see it was a
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) that was been scolded and harassed by several
Crested and
Great Tits as well as at least 6
Firecrests, this stunning male turned towards me but was more annoyed at the
owl than me so allowed me to approach and get great views and some nice pics.
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Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus). |
As I continued on down the Valley a large flock of finches flushed up from the grass ahead of me including
Goldfinch,
Linnets,
Goldfinches,
Serins and several
Citril Finches (Verderón Serrano / Serinus citrinella).
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Citril Finch (Verderón Serrano / Serinus citrinella). |
I walked on down the Valley again but did not find the
Owl again and only added a single
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) before I returned to the car.
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Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus). |