Not just Derek and Co out yesterday as a report received this morning indicates that John and Jenny Wainwright are back on their favourite mountain, the Sierra Loja in Granada Province.
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| The herd of Ibis (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
Sierra Loja 29th March
A warm day 28C, but a chilly wind up the top 17C
As we started up into the Sierra Loja we saw Collared Doves, Spotless Starlings and House Sparrows.
We
by-passed the hidden quarry track and made our way up to the tree-line,
here we found Song Thrush, Chaffinches, Short-toed Treecreeper,
Azure-winged Magpies, Serins and Wood Pigeon.
Up
at the first cliff area we saw Black Wheatears, Rock Buntings, Jackdaws,
Red-legged Partridges and a Blue Tit. The second cliff area gave us
Linnets, more Jackdaws, a Great Tit, Stonechats and Thekla Larks.
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| Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
Moving
up towards the big quarry we spotted more Red-legged Partridges, a
Little Owl, two Southern Grey Shrikes, Chiffchaffs, two Hoopoes, Thekla
Larks and a Spectacled Warbler.
From here
nothing extra was seen until we got to the substation valley, where we
had two Northern Wheatears, a Short-toed Lark and Black Redstart. Just a
small note, the old bare tree that was in several of my photos of various
birds over the years has fallen.
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| Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe (PHOTO: Jenny Wainwright) |
At the Charca
del Negro we saw more Linnets, Goldfinches, Rock Sparrows and
Black-eared Wheatear. Heading along to the fossil cave area we saw a
Blue Rock Thrush, more Black-eared Wheatears, a Cuckoo was heard out to
our right and in the meadow by the cottage we counted thirty Ibex, while
along at the large cave we noted Chough, Crag Martins, a single Barn
Swallow and two Lesser Kestrels. Further along this track (at the
climbing area), we saw more Crag Martins, a small flock of some forty
Chough, Rock Buntings, Spotless Starlings, a Blue Rock Thrush and a
Robin.
On the way down we called in at the Eagle Owl site but still no sign of it.
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| Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
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| Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
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| Little Owl Athene noctua (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
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| Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia (PHOTO: John Wainwright) |
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