Up in the mountains looking for winter arrivals and catching up with a couple of local species.
Ebird List for fields near Hernán-Valle.
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| Castillo de La Calahorra. |
Barbara, Sonia, Ricky and Derek set off at 07:00 and after I picked up Paqui we followed them and all met up for breakfast at La Mora service area, we then carried on and made our way up to Puerto de la Ragua where after parking we walked up the hillside on the opposite side of the road in Granada Province.
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| Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) by Ricky Owen. |
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| Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) by Ricky Owen. |
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| Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) by Ricky Owen. |
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| Ring Ouzel (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) by Ricky Owen. |
As we walked we had a good number of
Ring Ouzels (Mirlo Capiblanco / Turdus torquatus) either sat in the Pine trees or flying over the clear area, other
Thrush type species included
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus),
Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus),
Eurasian Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and best of all a single
Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris), a difficult species this far south.
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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). |
Other bird species seen whilst we were on this side of the road included
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito ibérico / Picus sharpei),
Eurasian Jay (Arrendajo Euroasiático / Garrulus glandarius),
Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater),
Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus)
, Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata),
European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs),
European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris),
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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| The Girls found a nice comfortable rock. |
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| Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus). |
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| Bath White (Pontia daplidice). |
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| Small White (Pieris rapae) ♀. |
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| Watching the Ouzel's. |
On this side of the road we also saw
Bath (Pontia daplidice) and
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and Late Crocus (Crocus serotinus).
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| Late Crocus (Crocus serotinus). |
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| Late Crocus (Crocus serotinus). |
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| Late Crocus (Crocus serotinus). |
Back on the side of the road where the cars were we checked out the area around the Picnic tables finding
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
European Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Lophophanes cristatus),
Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Common Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapilla),
Eurasian Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla) and a single
Eurasian Siskin (Jilguero Lúgano / Carduelis spinus).
After a while we returned to the cars and got the food out and went over to one of the Picnic tables and had a bit of lunch before dropping back down the hill to Calahorra before heading across country from the Motorway to Hernán-Valle.
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| Castillo de La Calahorra on the way back down. |
During this drive we made a stop by a man made pool where we saw
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) which was the first of the day, as we drove on from here we picked up a few more new species for the day including
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real / Lanius meridionalis),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Eurasian Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax),
Thekla's Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura) and Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
On the way back to the house we called in at the area for the Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo) but there was a lot of noise from some guy pruning some Almond trees and from a group of youths in the Albergue Rural Cortijo del Guarda so we didn't see or hear anything.
We headed back to the house before going down to the 3 Calles again and the returning to the house for a drink and a chat.
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