Down on the fields nice and early whilst it was still cool, bliss.
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Sun Rise.
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This morning there was a bit more Passerine movement, during the walk I had a group of 4x
Common Whitethroats (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis) moving through the Tamarisk bushes in the Arroyo as well as 3x Melodious (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta), 4x Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
1x Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus).
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Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
Other summer visits seen, most of which will soon be on their way included
Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
Sand (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) and
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla),
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).
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Common Whitethroats (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis). |
Other more resident species included
Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).
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Common Whitethroats (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis). |
As I walked I also added
Bath (Pontia daplidice) x1 and
Small White (
Pieris rapae) x2,
Long-tailed Blue (Lampides baeticus) x2 and Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua) x2.