A walk on the Local Patch.
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Heavy Calima.
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I was originally planning to go up Sierra de Loja but the wind and the thick Calima put me off so I just went for a walk down on the fields near Huétor, on the way down I saw one of the regular Little Owls (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua) sat on the wires next to one of the wooden poles.
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The arrival of the second male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) which stirred things up a tad.
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I parked in the usual spot and walked the Lucerne fields first starting the list off with
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Feral (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia) and
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Turtle (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), a small group of 9
European Bee-eaters (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1HY0-Tn8JIJqljDkhL0bWx1uArLLeiFWlP_7tfg-ltoXl2zwDNKHd_njdcO4yPxREUvC7dvp8MP3zHHg3L5SVCEPZg1dRwwE3P1gIBHVUpruBey6yHLPNR7TMsS7CRzCeaMBUtQQoYL2AZnFXCyzi1c90gxBS4CTaIGZWCpSaYTiv66MmRYHtR3xM7A/w640-h414/7th-June-24-3.jpg) |
3x Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax), the chase is on.
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Further round where I was between the fields and the Arroyo I heard the usual male Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) calling but as I reached the Walnut trees I looked back and saw a second Male drop in and then a minute or so later there were two males in pursuit of a single female which went on for around 10 minutes.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrF_dV3BBZDj3T_D6ImdhySl28KPbbXewzQ5eLw4Kdfui5GIiyFRJKsBwfdazixOxevr9rOLJAVp6ddp3Y54YEwR3lLTSwliwH9exO4DhHdTOB6A4Vdya2ho7fkW9Ngz7GL0AMz3pzosJFwxQT8wtfgePnc9rlXktQGpMT1mxUM3Z3Tfz8xPhbpY-sVHc/w640-h576/7th-June-24-4.jpg) |
Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous). |
In the same area and out on the fields section I saw a Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), a single
Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).
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Common Chicory (Cichorium intybus). |
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Wild Leek (allium ampeloprasum). |
As I started to make my way back towards the car along the Arroyo I saw
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Small White (
Pieris rapae) x1,
Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) x1,
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x2,
Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) x1, Common Chicory (Cichorium intybus),
Wild Leek (allium ampeloprasum) and
Spanish Oyster Thistle (Scolymos hispanicus).
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Spanish Oyster Thistle (Scolymos hispanicus). |
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