Calblanque, Los
Belones (ringing)
Weather: Sky clear, wind NE F0-1; temp. 10 - 15ºC.
07:45 – 10:45.
The
weekends ringing had been brought forward due to the weather forcast for the
weekend (windy), and I went down to the ringing site for a few hours before
work. The first net round had been done,
and there was a surprise bird in the form of a Willow Warbler (the first I’ve
seen this year). Although the ringing
site didn’t give the impression of there being many birds about, (the total
caught during the morning was a little better than on Sunday morning) we
were entertained by a pair of Booted Eagles displaying, and the sight of a
female Ortolan Bunting on the top of a small pine tree for about 30 seconds.
I had to
leave to go to work at about 10-45, and on the way out saw a superb male
Subalpine Warbler in some gorse, of which I managed to get a record shot.
One of the mornings catures, a male Chaffinch
And another, the first Willow Warbler I'd seen this year
On the way out from Calblanque, I came across this fine male Subalpine Warbler
Species seen
Pallid
Swift (Apus pallidus)
Thekla
Lark (Galerida theklae)
Robin
(Erithacus rubecula) - ringed
Blackbird
(Turdus merula) - ringed
Greenfinch
(Carduelis chloris) - ringed
Chaffinch
(Fringilla coelebs)
Serin
(Serinus serinus)
Linnet
(Carduelis cannabina)
Blackcap
(Sylvia atricapella)
Sardinian
Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Subalpine
Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
Willow
Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) -
ringed
Chiffchaff
(Phylloscopus collybita) - ringed
Ortolan
Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
Booted
Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
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