A morning birding in the Cacín Valley.
Ebird List for the Contraembalse de Bermejalis.
Ebird List for Balsa de Regidor.
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| Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos). |
I started with a drive down the Cacín Valley to the Contraembalse de Bermejalis where I parked just a bit further down the reed bed than usual and then walked from there up the Valley, on the way I picked up a calling
Common Cuckoo (Cuco Común / Cuculus canorus), my first for the year. |
| Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis). |
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| Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis). |
Other species included Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Common Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula),
Common (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos) and
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), an immature
Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos), a displaying
Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis),
Thekla's Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti),
European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola),
Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Moricandia moricandioides,
Mallow-leaved Storksbill (Erodium malacoides),
Wild Grape Hyacinth (
Muscari neglectum), Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica),
Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis) and
Nonea vesicaria.
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| Moricandia moricandioides. |
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| Moricandia moricandioides. |
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| Mallow-leaved Storksbill (Erodium malacoides). |
As I continued on I added
Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki),
Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros),
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata),
European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteño / Emberiza cirlus).
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| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
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| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
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| Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
I reached the bridge over the Cacín and then walked along the track to the fence near the Dam, on the way I found
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala),
Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes) and
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea). |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus). |
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| Short-toed Snake Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus). |
I walked back around to the car seeing my first Short-toed Snake Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) but didn't see anything else new until I was packing away my kit when I heard a couple of Raptors calling high above me, I got the bins on them and found 2x immature Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti) disputing the airspace, after a while they split and one went East and the other to the West.
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| Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti). |
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| Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti). |
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| Iberian Imperial Eagle (Aguila Imperial Ibérica / Aguila adalberti). |
After the eagles headed off so did I, my next stop was at Balsa de Regidor where I added Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Spanish Sparrow (Gorrión Moruno / Passer hispaniolensis) and Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa).
At this point the rain returned so I headed off home and chilled before getting a few jobs done.
