Up on my favourate hill with two good friends.
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Looking out West.
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I started my day list at the house with a calling
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) and
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) before heading off to Riofrio where I was meeting Derek Etherton and Andy Patterson for some birding up on my favourate bit of mountain but not before we had some breakfast in Venta Riofrío.
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Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). |
We drove up to the Abades Service area where I left my car and jumped in with Derek and Andy and we headed off to the Lower Quarry where we parked and spent a while seeing
European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia),
Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa) and
Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus).  |
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). |
As we drove up through the Pine woods we made another stop when we heard several Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) but even though they were fairly close we couldn't find them but we did see Autumn Squill (Scilla autumnalis), Southern Autumn Crocus (Crocus serotinus),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater) and
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla).
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Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real / Lanius meridionalis). |
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Looking back towards the Crags.
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Some of the many noisy unpleasant, useless windmills.
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We continued on up along the crags and out onto the tops, on the way we saw
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real / Lanius meridionalis),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula),
Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), the first of a dozen or so Black Wheatears (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and several
Meadow Pipits (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis).
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Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae). |
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Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae). |
Out on the tops we made our way slowly over towards Charca del Negro, as we proceeded on we had
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata),
Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), a couple of
Northern Wheatears (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Bath White (Pontia daplidice) 2,
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2
and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x16.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly again, not in order in the Photo.
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Watching the first three Northern Wheatears (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe). |
Out passed Charca del Negro we saw several more Crag Martins which we managed to get some photos of the Derek came up with the bird of the day when he found an
Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris) and then a second bird flew over us calling.
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Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris). |
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Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris). |
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Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris). |
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Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris). |
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Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris). |
In the same area we also saw
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and then down in the Hawthorn we picked up the first of around 18+
Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus).
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Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus). |
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Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus). |
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Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus). |
We continued on a short way up onto the next ridge where we had a
Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos) pass us by twice, several more
Red Admirals and then on the way back down we had a couple of
Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica) and another
Red Squirrel before we reached my car and after say goodbye we went on out way.
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Southern Autumn Crocus (Crocus serotinus). |
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Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). |
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Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). |
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Andy doing the Birdie Dance.
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Some incoming weather.
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