20 magical minutes with a newcomer to the area.
Ebird List for Rio Genil East.
Ebird List for Dog S**t Track.
Ebird List for Lucerne Fields.
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♂ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
I started the day with a visit to a couple of the local Mechanic's to cancel the repairs as I think they would ultimately cost more than the car is worth so I am now looking for a replacement.
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♂ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
Anyway after that was sorted I parked by the bridge in Huétor and walked East along the road finding
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica),
Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata),
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti),
Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola),
House (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris) and
European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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♂ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
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♂ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
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♂ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
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♂ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
When I reached an area of dead
White Poplar (Populus alba) I heard the call from a Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (
Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) which turned out to be the first of 2♂ Lesser-spotted Woodpeckers (
Pico Menor / Dryobates minor) which were joined by a ♀ and for then next 20 minutes there was quite a bit of territorial action in the trees which meant they totally ignored me and showed brilliantly.
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| ♀ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
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| ♀ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
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| ♀ Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Menor / Dryobates minor). |
Once the one bird flew off to the East along the Rio and the others disappeared into the Park on the far side of the Rio I walked back towards the car but just before I got there I had a ♀
Lesser-spotted Woodpecker calling from a Poplar plantation but whether it was the bird from earlier or another I can't tell.
I passed the car and walked a bit of the road to the Western side of the bridge, I reached another area of dead Poplars and heard yet another Woodpecker but didn't see unfortunately so I returned to the car and then headed through the town to the start of the Dog S**t Track and walked a few hundred meters up it.
As I walked I picked up Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis) and Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Spotless Starling, Bluethroat (Ruiseñor Pechiazul / Luscinia svecica), Black Redstart, European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Meadow Pipit, Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Serin and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
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| Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax). |
My final stop was up on the Lucerne fields where as usual I parked at the Walnut trees and walked around as far as the gate and then on up the Arroyo Vilano to the Dammed off part of the water course, as I walked I saw
Little Bustards (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) x3,
Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus),
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), 2x Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) and Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus).
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