A good walk around the patch produces 53 species.
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Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia) x29. |
I parked at the halfway point along the Lucerne fields as I tought the usual end of the track would be muddy after the bit of rain we had over night, however when I got down there It was OK.
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Northern Wheatears (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe) Left and Right and a Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) in the midle and below right.
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I reached the pool in the river where the farmer has dammed the Arroyo which I am not sure is really legal but it does form a nice pool and small boggy area.
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Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe) male.
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From there I returned to the car passed the Lucerne fields and then I continued on out to the Poplar Plantation and then on to the far end of the normal walk at the end of the track by the Railway bridge.
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Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus). |
High lights during the walk were
Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus),
Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), 29x Golden Plovers (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia), 2x
Little Ringed Plovers (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), 2x
Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), 2x
Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), 4x Northern Wheatears (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Spanish (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus) and Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea). ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwm-KnuhZekutKcc6N_BFRuMSU0RJsKxYOQXHkdqPmTMy2OP5vlSDDNEPGmJomeE_fqkoqPyow0BBORGXB5bNRAQWhjT6iaCrKXf7NJHdGK9xCVKDszZ23U03fHX889Gvu1bbLTuNJrL_vGw4Q2eHXD0-apOEduzJqUlJWBe0jAxelnx4Yp07O3p2m/w640-h610/9th-March-23-7.jpg) |
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto). |
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