A mornings Birding with friend Juan Pérez Contreras.
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Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea). |
I arrived at the meeting point at Restaurante Montesol and when Juan arrived we went for a walk around the Northen side of the main lake, first of all we went east and quicly found, what for me was bird of the day a very smart
Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), in the same area we also recorded Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) as well as the first of several
Speckled Woods (Pararge aegeria) and
Stripe-necked Terrapins (Mauremys leprosa).
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Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus). |
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Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus). |
We turned around and walked back to our start point and the walked West along the Northern side, on the way we added
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) along with
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x1 and a nice male
Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F1UFKG_Nr24oEw0Qe8iBHb1mKyL4aEC6INsM2hk6CtvO8cfeCYvGumKexO0TET1IxTs6D4WibuQQsSYH7s2RzE2rkIn8t1L67Y1Zohfd2v3-J4Zs8wwNCaWxWBW58QIVWi9UNYOLjZ7c9N63Dz30PcsA_umGUBceR3LaSuWF0Z6qQ-K-Tlvd-jSf/w640-h486/21st-March-23-4.jpg) |
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
Juan had to be off and I headed off towards the Cacín Valley but just as I was leaving my phone rang to say a delivery was going to arrive at my place during the afternoon so I headed home instead.
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