Out in the very hot West plains of Osuna and then a call at Fuente de Piedra on the way back.
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Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus). |
We were out quite early looking for birds today more than butterflies, on the way over to the Osuna area we saw
Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans).
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Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) Male.
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Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) Male. |
Once on site we drove the usual route along the railway line taking views from the brigdes along the road, as we did we saw
Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Iberian Brown Hare (Liebre ibérica / Lepus granatensis), Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Alpine Swift (Vencejo Real / Apus melba) and Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica) from the first bridge and nearby tracks.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxlbBPIDsyrlehCMeU92sO6mMyM7KdPiBprw-0pY2nXapHUmS9emx0WDzIit4oWlVe4z1hZWSDjNn2ZheX164NZKBc7cQu-uYVEVnSN86tAFkVY6TR3-FuopSRJzVK8Mc6Ut-9jUzqpoj6Rbprt5BaZvoaIDmDra551FZf3kBOx83PCzv6ol5XbxkpWo/w640-h508/24th-June-23-4.jpg) |
Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) Immature. |
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Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) Immature. |
We crossed to the second bridge and took the track out onto the far fields where we added Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) and a Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLByRuo8vewXDRN44-Ywi9BSh1xdxE2t7gmlkVvMfn_5-Jn7r173wl0LnwV7i90XsUXfur4OlUqazT1Axt94h1826I92rallHITXO619NnrG5gUJrWWIX5eNAhThsUu30dx1CFHiIlQJoT_oIUWI84VGM_dYjV5lT5m19ddL3E68p5B5smab2F9uk5v-A/w640-h480/24th-June-23-9.jpg) |
The dry remains of the main Lagoon at Fuente.
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We crossed the main road and checked a ruin where we had nice views of a colony of Lesser Kestrels (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) and at least 4x
Rollers (Carraca / Coracias garrulus).
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An Escapee at Fuente.
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We made our way to Lantejuela where we had a drink and some lunch before having a quick look at the pools neaby, we only managed a view of the one lagoon down the side of the locked hide but added Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera),
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis),
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator), Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea), Small White (
Pieris rapae) and
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon).
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Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa). |
We crossed the fields again and headed back to the Motorway and back east calling at Fuente on the way, here we checked the entrance road pool finding
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris).
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Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
We popped around to the Mirador where we had a view out over the almost completly dry main Lagoon, on the very small area of water in the western corner there were a few Greater Flamingo's, White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia), several Black-headed Gulls (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna) and in the bushes below a cursing Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).
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