A walk with Paqui and then a sit on the bank watch the Monty's again.
Ebird List for the Fields.
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| The Lucerne Fields. |
I met Paqui down near the Walnut trees and we walked out to the Gate and back again which was as always very nice, we chatted and had a laugh using the translators, really wish I had a better grasp of languages.
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| Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) ♂. |
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| Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) ♂. |
As we walked we watched the
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Thinornis dubius),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica),
Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
European Stonechat (Tarabilla Europea / Saxicola rubicola) and
Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
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| The migrant fence. |
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| Looking at dinner ??? |
Once back at the cars Paqui headed off, I decided to sit on the bank amongst the reeds and watch the
Harriers and whatever else came by which included
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata),
Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla),
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Spanish (Yellow) (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis) and
European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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| Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) ♀. |
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| Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) ♀. |
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| Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) ♀. |
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| Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) ♀. |
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| Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus) ♂. |
I also saw
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2,
Large (Pieris brassicae) x3, Small (
Pieris rapae) x4 and
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri) x3.
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| Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae) ♂. |
