Another cracking year tick with friend Juan's help.
Ebird List for Huétor Fields.
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The view over the reserve.
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After getting a call from Juan Perez last night to tell me that there was an
Eleonora's Falcon (Halcón de Eleonora / Falco eleonorae) at Padul Wetland and as it had been around for a couple of days we arranged to meet up at 08:00.
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Eleonora's Falcon (Halcón de Eleonora / Falco eleonorae) Just after dawn.
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I arrived a little early and saw the bird in the dead trees straight away but I then went into the bar for some breakfast and waited for Juan to arrive, when he did we both saw the bird before dropping down towards the lake but when we came out of the trees the bird had already moved futher out into the more distant trees.
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| Eleonora's Falcon (Halcón de Eleonora / Falco eleonorae). |
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| Eleonora's Falcon (Halcón de Eleonora / Falco eleonorae). |
As we watched it we also saw an adult
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) in a Bramble patch next to the path which was feeding one of it's youngsters, other species were Grey (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis).
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| Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos). |
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| Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos). |
Other species included
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and a good numbers of Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa).  |
| Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos). |
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| Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos). |
After a couple of hours without the bird doing anything we headed off, I headed home but later I went for a walk around the fields where I had good views of all 5 of the
Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) and just as exciting was finding 5 Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) including the male, a female which had three youngsters with her confirming the first breeding as far as I am aware of on my local patch. |
| Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
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| Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
Other species seen included Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), lots of Turtle Doves (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla),
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and
Iberian Magpies (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).
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| Some of the many Turtle Doves (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur). |
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