A walk around the lower loop and then a visit to the Puddle.
 |
| Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra). |
I parked by the Puddle and then went for a walk around the lower loop, on the first section I saw several
Rock Buntings (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), good numbers of
Common Crossbills (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) x5, Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus) x2,
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).
 |
| Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra). |
As I started to drop down the far side of the hill I found a few spikes of
Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri),
Wild Grape Hyacinth (
Muscari neglectum), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
 |
| Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus). |
 |
| Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus). |
I dropped down along the side of the quarry and down to the road, in the Quarry I found a nice male
Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos).
 |
| Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla). |
 |
| Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla). |
Along the road and then back up the track to the car, on the way I caught up with
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius) and
Giant Orchid (Himanthoglosum Robertiana).
 |
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
|
 |
| Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis). |
 |
| Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis). |
 |
| Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
I got to the the conifers just before the puddle where I picked up
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus) and
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
 |
| Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
 |
| Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
At the puddle I got shots of
Black Redstart,
Meadow Pipit,
Chiffchaff and
Blackcap.
 |
| Giant Orchid (Himanthoglosum Robertiana). |
 |
| Giant Orchid (Himanthoglosum Robertiana). |
No comments:
Post a Comment