A walk along the Rio Genil finding a local rarity.
Ebird List for the Rio Genil.
I started by dropping the car off at the Mechanic's again but just for some minor jobs this time, as it wasn't going to take too long I just went for a walk back to Huétor and then did a walk along the western section of the Rio Genil.
At the bridge there was the usual selection of Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser) domestic, Muscovy Duck (Pato criollo / Cairina moschata) domestic, Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) domestic and a few wild type Mallards but who knows.
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| Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
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| Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
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| Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita). |
I turned to the east and walked out as far as the turning up to the industrial estate, on the way out I found loads of
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), a flyover
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
Eurasian Siskin (Jilguero Lúgano / Carduelis spinus),
European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis),
Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris), Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) and
White Wallrocket (Diplotaxis erucoides).At a spot where the river comes close to the road, I sat on a low barrier and scanned the fields around me and the White Poplar (Populus alba) trees in front of me, on the fields there were Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), a couple of Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador Común / Alcedo atthis) which were chasing each other across one of the many asparagus fields, Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), a Large (Pieris brassicae) x1 and Small White (Pieris rapae) x2.
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| Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) female. |
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| Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) female. |
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| Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) female. |
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| Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) female. |
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| Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) female. |
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| Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) female. |
In the trees I added
Long-tailed (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus),
Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and then a very smart female Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (
Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) called a couple of times whilst out of sight but a few minutes later it flew in and landed in the dead parts of the trees right in front of me, well pleased.
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