After a very warm and mostly sunny October, November started in much the same vein. Whilst walking near Castellar de la Frontera yesterday at least 120+ Griffon Vulture passed by the castle and one of our group spotted a Short-toed Eagle; on the drive down at 0730hrs a Tawny Owl drifted across in front of us between Gaucin and San Pablo de Buceite. There have been a couple of male/first winter Blue Rock Thrush entertaining us around Calle Convento the past couple of days, see photos below. Wood Pigeons are on the move with 70+ flying W-E across the valley below Gaucin early this morning.
This afternoon I visited the Utrera Gorge near Manilva; it was very windy up near the turbines and not much better down in the valley but there were a lot of birds around including:
25 Griffon Vulture,
Short-toed Eagle, Common Kestrel,
Black Whetear, 200+ Common Staling, at least 8 Black Redstart, 200+ White Wagtail, 50+ Meadow Pipit, several Corn Bunting, 50+ House Sparrow, 2
Rock Sparrow, 50+ Goldfinch and
Crested Lark in a recently-ploughed field, 6 Chiffchaff sp., Sardinian Warbler and Stonechat; Cetti's Warbler was heard.
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Blue Rock Thrush |
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Blue Rock Thrush - large bill is diagnostic at some distance! |
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Utrera Gorge |
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One of the impressive linestone karst formations |
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Black Wheatear |
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Black Redstart |
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Mandrake - there are loads about this autumn |
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Common Starling - pre-roost gathering |
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