Another day in the stunning Sierra Morena.
Ebird List for Rio Jándula, 33 Species.
Ebird List for La Lancha, 36 Species.
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Presa de El Encinarejo. |
We were all up for a 06:45 breakfast and then we headed down to the Rio Jándula where we were going to look for the
Otters (Nutria / Lutra lutra) I have seen there every time I have visited the area but today things were different due to the amount of water being released from the dam.
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Rio Jándula in flood.
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Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki). |
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Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
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Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei). |
We still spent quite a while scanning the slower moving pools in the river and found
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and both Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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Hoop-petticoat Daffodils (Narcissus bulbocodium). |
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Hoop-petticoat Daffodils (Narcissus bulbocodium). |
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The Ladies amongst the Hoop-petticoat Daffodils (Narcissus bulbocodium). |
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Getting the shots of the Hoop-petticoat Daffodil (Narcissus bulbocodium). |
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I think my shot of Kiersten was kinder 😀😀😀
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After a while we decided to start to make our way back along the track towards the Área recreativa del Encinarejo, at a spot not to far along the track we stopped and scanned the river see a
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei),
Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Hoop-petticoat Daffodil (Narcissus bulbocodium), Ramping Fumitory (Fumaria capreolata), Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) and Common Stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium).
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One of the two Great Egrets (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba). |
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Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus). |
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Rio Jándula looking up stream.
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We continued on and Derek who was a little ahead of us had seen 2x Great Egrets (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba) but they ad flown off by the time we got there but we relocated them a little further down stream.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCq2JLmQ43OQd4Q3C0evcXISGvwgCj3-YPucZ8CrxapKNqFDLqKgCrqhp_2DuOlh650NpDQ8tnDaDNEB1siFzVDw8keke4F7daQlwAEhx2pV9zsGJDXDL-mjBqmkVAO9mn0a7w3_3_LlmDpB2yhstFu9-d_SlqsRePfxmkRjPBGn16fHuW10iBhVOa-cw/w602-h640/13th-Feb-24-15.jpg) |
Spanish Fighting Bull (Bos taurus taurus). |
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Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) male. |
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Iberian Milk-vetch (Astragalus lusitanicus). |
We reached the Área recreativa and spent a while searching the trees and the river there adding
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea) but there was no sign of the Otter's.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyRj7GAh9AgewlTUO5vvYiHBG3j7b8owNbZVTb0ymZC4PePos6loBmVKCvOoI2A379L8W2OJAOfYp_TLz6ohbjccyG-rRUBZZwIbs9uWyuyCl-qHVIxA40ogb2qEwPSps_cHvR8l0pOWAPQM4_rD2sa1I2prIMhkjn31PU0iYy6hR-6TYWNf3y_h-H4g/w640-h384/13th-Feb-24-21.jpg) |
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri). |
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Angel's tears Narcissus (Narcissus triandus). |
Next we drove back out to the Iberian Lynx (lince iberico / Lynx pardina) area, on the way we saw
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and several
Fallow Deer (Gamo común / Dama dama).
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Watching for the Lynx.
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Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Buitre Negro / Aegypius monachus). |
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Griffon Vultures (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus). |
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Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus). |
We reached the where we spent the rest of the day and found 20+
Mouflon (Moflon / Ovis orientalis),
Red Deer (Ciervo común / Cervus elaphus),
Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica),
Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Cinereous / European Black (Buitre Negro / Aegypius monachus) and
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti),
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) and
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Hawfinch (Picogordo / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes) x2,
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia).
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
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Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius) female.
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Mouflon (Moflon / Ovis orientalis) in the distance.
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9206 Cucullia calendulae (Marigold Shark) Caterpillar. |
Other species seen included
Bath (Pontia daplidice),
Western Dappled (Euchloe crameri) and
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus),
Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera), 9206
Cucullia calendulae (
Marigold Shark) caterpillar, Angel's tears Narcissus (Narcissus triandus),
Jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla),
Grey-leaved Cistus (Cistus albidus),
Iberian Milk-vetch (Astragalus lusitanicus) and
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxuspvD_TJCbtaCbhVQtwmN6sJlpJvZd6gzZGDSNOZnsqIV61Mfd3ygrmFKCDVdoUo65J1jg3BtgoYKBmjgbs-Vhv8W5CLVFshlCCWAoLfVce2X-UGjw0rgs-WqfAXp5raFZfYOatSTc6BFa6o8QZORKq-53IWRXaYG5ma-WAiSJOA_BUCrjnvncpuSI/w640-h592/13th-Feb-24-16.jpg) |
Red Deer (Ciervo común / Cervus elaphus). |
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Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). |
Annette and Sean headed off during the afternoon and the rest of us made our way back to La Caracola where we had Beer, Food and Wine again 😁😁😁
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