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Wednesday, 14 February 2024

Sierra Morena, Andújar, Jaén Province, Spain.

Our last Morning in the stunning Sierra Morena.
Ebird List for La Caracola, 6 Species.

As we were leaving La Caracola.
We were up and out early, whilst loading the car Kiersten, Richard and myself picked up a very early female Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis) which was out looking for breakfast as well as Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla).
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius) female.
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius) female.
We headed out to the normal area, on the way we saw Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius), Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and several Fallow Deer (Gamo común / Dama dama).
Fallow Deer (Gamo común / Dama dama).
Fallow Deer (Gamo común / Dama dama).
Fallow Deer (Gamo común / Dama dama).
We spent a while just before the normal spot and scanned the ridges in front of us before heading to the first shelter where we put the chairs out.
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri).
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri).
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).
Species seen included Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Red Deer (Ciervo común / Cervus elaphus), Mouflon (Moflon / Ovis orientalis), Weasel (Mustela nivalis), Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica), Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum), Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) x1, Bath (Pontia daplidice), Small (Pieris rapae) and Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri), Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra),  Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Angel's tears Narcissus (Narcissus triandus), Andalucian Wall Lizard (Podarcis vaucheri), Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Griffon (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Buitre Negro / Aegypius monachus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Blue-rock (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Mistle (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis) and Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus).
Bumble-bee Species.
At 14:00 we started to make our way back to the main road and then we all went our own ways back home.
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei).
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).

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