A second go at getting to El Purche in the Sierra Nevada.
Ebird List for El Purche.
Ebird List for Pinos Genil.
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Some well Camouflaged Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
We headed out towards Granada but crossed the fields North of Huétor on the way where we picked up a group of 14
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) in the Lucerne before getting onto the A92 and then going around the City and off up to El Purche. |
Veleta from El Purche. |
We parked just off the road and walked the km or so up to the crags, on the way we saw Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Thekla's (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and Woodlark (Alondra Totovía / Lullula arborea), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
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Woodlark (Alondra Totovía / Lullula arborea). |
We reached the crags and almost straight away we saw our first
Redwings (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus) and
Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) but even though we saw 20 odd birds they were all very elusive.
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Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) male. |
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Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) male. |
Other bird species seen included
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Iberian Green (Pito ibérico / Picus sharpei) and
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real / Lanius meridionalis),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola),
Hawfinch (Picogordo Común / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes),
European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis),
European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris),
Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Rock (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia) and
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteño / Emberiza cirlus).
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Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteño / Emberiza cirlus). |
As we walked we also saw
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus),
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis),
Stinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) and Lesser Celendine (Ranunculus ficaria).
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Looking out to the North West. |
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Lynn and Steve with Veleta in the background. |
We headed back towards the house but called in at Pinos Genil on the way hoping for but failing to find a
White-throated Dipper (Mirlo Acuático Europeo / Cinclus cinclus) unfortunately.
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Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea). |
Species seen included Domestic type
Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser), Muscovy Duck (Pato criollo / Cairina moschata), Domestic and wild type Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus) and
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti).
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White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba). |
We returned to the car and then tried to get back home but due to an accident on the main road down the Sierra we were held up for a while, eventually we got back and then later we went out for a meal to 3 Calles in Huétor before going home where Lynn and Steve got their packing done.
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
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