A day Bunting hunting.
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Just before the sun peeped over the hills.
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I set off early to get over to La Janda for first light but even with a stop for breakfast it was still dark when I arrived and -1° but it was nice to watch the sun rise at the spot for the
Little (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla) and Rustic Buntings (Escribano rústico / Emberiza rustica) which were found by birders a few days earlier.
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The first view of at least 10 Little Buntings (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla) seen during the day.
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Once the light had reached a decent level I went for a walk around the site and as time went on several other birders arrived and we all searched, one guy did get to see the
Rustic Bunting (Escribano rústico / Emberiza rustica) but I didn't manage to connect with this rare species but after a while I caught up with my first
Little Bunting (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla) in Spain and by the end of the day I had managed to see around 10 birds of this usually rare visitor. |
| Little Bunting (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla). |
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| Little Bunting (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla). |
Late in the afternoon I had a group of 8 Little Buntings in a small willow type tree and then 2 more individuals at a different spot nearby. |
| Little Bunting (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla). |
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| Little Bunting (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla). |
Other species seen or heard during the day included 1x Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Black (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) and
Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus), Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Common Snipe (Agachadiza Común / Gallinago gallinago),
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Common Crane (Grulla Común / Grus grus),
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei),
Bluethroat (Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
House (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and
Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Small White (
Pieris rapae) and
Paperwhite Narcissus (Narcissus papyraceus).
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| Little Bunting (Escribano pigmeo / Emberiza pusilla). |
I eventually admitted defeat and headed for my hotel in Benalup which was good and I slept well ready for another day of birding tomorrow.
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