A walk back down to the Mechanic's in a round about sort of way.
Ebird List for the Fields.
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Snow on top of distant La Maroma. |
I was up and out shortly after checking through the Moths I set off toward the Mechanic's in Ventanueva but I took a slightly longer walk there and looped around the fields, on the first stretch down to 4 Caminos I saw
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and a couple of calling
Stone Curlews (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).
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Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki). |
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Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki). |
I walked passed the 4 Caminos and on to the track out to the road into Huétor, along here I added
Greater Short-toed (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), a female Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) up on the roof of the large Cortijo and across the Arroyo on the Lucerne fields a calling Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix),
Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) x2, Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) x4M and 2F and 2 more unexpected Great Spotted Cuckoo's (Crialo Europeo / Clamator gladarius) which are not a common bird on the local patch.
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Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki). |
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Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki). |
I followed the road down to Huétor, on the way I picked up
Western Yellow Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava) of at least 2 different races, a couple of latish
Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and as I walked through the town there were good numbers of House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and at least 5 newly arrived
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyz95nYANY2AtkzqkPmEb6Fvxh2torWwA2yzgMv-Em2qHdunNj81rPfMXShzPnWjrtq5rnkf8rLQSucZpKYMO2bFfl5OoZ9bw35fpcAu8bAkO7EsYeTjYOHcfGm1DqiK5WSX-BxVVqkFG4NTnGgTBhdTR6VSlFmgyvN9K4LtFXlfmYj-md1Kq7PY0cvqc/w640-h526/4th-April-24-11.jpg) |
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur). |
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Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur). |
The last section of the walk strated at the far side of the town on the bridge over the Rio Genil where I saw good numbers of domestic type Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and a fly over
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), I arrived and collected the car and then returned home.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnqeDK9rKSTgRM9m16oLhy2E8ParyqKAgy_gbxIrVkuhm4sxajzpxIf7_FKV5RMKQEW1qaLbYbF5_vohhzA8ShjvQfxEB1lOfRdQnQRHwKAEHNko-BbGkyMGnZiivvSLN211u392dOirnEwTS6NvhfAVeaxU5YREII12xCRgGTS2wnJPR80_wcqhbiDs/w640-h488/4th-April-24-13.jpg) |
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) male.
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From the terrace later I heard but did not see quite a good number of European Bee-eaters (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster) which passed over heading North and had several Perez's Frogs (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) calling noisily from the garden pool.
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