A short walk along the Riofrio near Loja.
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Mom and John in Riofrio.
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We decided to go down to Riofrio for a walk and a coffee, we parked and walked along the side of the river seeing
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Iberian (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and
Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica),
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis),
European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris),
European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and a nice
Hawfinch (Picogordo Común / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes).
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| Sturgeon. |
Other species seen were
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x3,
Small (
Pieris rapae) x2 and
Large White (Pieris brassicae) x1 and Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) x1. |
| Sturgeon. |
We checked the man made pools where there used to be large numbers of trout reared, however today they were all full of Caviar producing Sturgeon.
After a coffee we drove back towards the house going through Loja, then to Mercodona for some shopping before later spending sometime up on the terrace.
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