A windy, cold walk along the Arroyo Vilano.
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Spanish Sparrows (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis).
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After getting the car back from the Mechanics after a bit of maintenance I popped down to the fields for a walk but started from the Walnut trees and walked up stream to my usual parking spot then back down past the car and along the Arroyo as far as the railway bridge and back to the car.
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| Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria). |
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| Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria). |
As I walked I saw the regular pair of
Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) x3,
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) x2,
Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
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| Swallowtail (Papilio machaon). |
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| Swallowtail (Papilio machaon). |
I was surprised due to the cold wind how many butterflies were on the wing in the more sheltered areas, they included
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x3,
Green-Striped (Euchloe belemia) x1 and
Small White (
Pieris rapae) x25+,
Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli) x1,
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) x1 and
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x15+.
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| House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) male. |
Once back home I checked the feeders and saw that there were a good number of
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and at least 5
Siskin's (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) which Jenny and John Wainwright came around to have a look at and also added a nice male
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) before having a cup of tea and a chat.
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| Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) male. |
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| Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus) male. |
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