25th July 2013 - Mar Menor update

Hi all, 

Since my last post, I've been going regularly to the old salinas at Marchamalo (Cabo de Palos), and the salinas at San Pedro del Pinatar.  The water levels in both places have been rising, which in Marchamalo has had the effect of forcing the waders to some of the more central (and less accessible) lagoons, but with a telescope, they can still be seen from the road in the mornings (with the sun behind you).

In actual fact there hasn't been too much in th way of waders - at Marchamalo, a lot of Black Winged Stilts, up to 6 Curlew Sandpipers all in breeding plumage; a single Little Stint, a few Common Redshanks and Greenshanks, Common and Green Sandpipers passing through, and  at San Pedro, again many  Black Winged Stilts, and the first Ruff and Black-tailed Godwits of the return passage and I've been told of a group of 4 Oystercatcher seen flying over the salinas last week.  In amongst the Black Winged Stilts I had a colour ringed individual which appears to have been ringed originally in Portugal, but I'm still waiting for precise details.

What HAVE been moving in very strongly have been Greater Flamingos, with a maximum this last week of 147 at Marchamalo and around 800 at San Pedro.  I've been reading colour rings on some of them and although I haven't got their histories back yet, some I know have been ringed originally at the Delta del Ebro and others have Italian rings (probably ringed on Sardinia, where I have had recoveries from in previous years).

Other birds in movement have been gulls and terns, and I have seen Gull-billed, Sandwich, Common, Black and Whiskered Terns at San Pedro, and a single Whiskered amongst the Sandwich, Common and Little Terns at Marchamalo.  Again at Marchamalo, numerous Black-headed and Mediterranean Gulls have been passing through, mainly adults, although I have now started to see a few juvenile Black-headed Gulls with their almost brown backs.

Although the majority of my trips out recently have been to San Pedro and Marchamalo salinas, yesterday, Wednesday 24th July we had our monthly count at the Cartagena sewage farm at the EDAR Cabeza Beaza.  Here you could certainly see things are in movement, with a count of over 650 Black-headed Gulls (with an adult breeding plumaged Mediterranean Gull mixed in with them - the first time I think this species has been seen at this inland site), over 680 Black Necked Grebes accumulating here to moult, the majority of them being adult birds in breeding plumage, and in amongst a group of 68 Pochard, a group of 7 Ferruginous Ducks, the largest group of this normally rare duck seen at this site.

And that's it for now.  Apologies for the lack of photos - the birds generally just haven't been close enough, but I include a couple of some of the Flamingos.

 At Marchamalo, a lot of Flamingos have come in recently...

... joining the families of Shelducks

Happy birding,

Richard
 
 

A bit more movement

Hi all,

Further to my entry last week, over the last weekend I went out to a few places locally.

On Friday evening (12^th July), as it was totally overcast, I had a look at the Marchamalo Salinas from the Cabo de Palos side (had it been sunny, it would be impossible to see anything as you are looking directly into the sun).  It seems like there have been no breakdowns with the pump this year and water is currently being pumped in regularly, to the extent that the Salinas are relatively full at the moment – at the place where I normally park there are no muddy fringes at the edges of the lagoons for waders, and the only waders seen were a few Avocets, Black Winged Stilts and a small group of Kentish Plovers.

On the wall at the back of one of the lagoons however, in the same place as on previous years, a good number of gulls and terns is building up – I had 20 Sandwich, 6 Common and 7 Little Terns there, plus a good group of 25 adult Black-headed Gulls which are obviously returning migrants and which will probably hang around to moult.  Other birds of interest seen were 34 Shelduck, including 2 groups of different sized ducklings, 7 in each group, which have obviously been raised here as they are too small to fly yet.

Saturday morning early saw me taking a trip over to the Salinas at San Pedro.  I started off at El Mojón, where I saw my first returning wader, an adult Greenshank, but apart from that things were relatively quiet (just the usual Avocets, Black Winged Stilts, Kentish Plovers, Greater Flamingos), although crossing the small wooden bridge over the canal there, I was struck by the number of House Martins and Swallows flying south along the beach.  Obviously their migration has started as well.

Going round to the port road area of the Salinas, things seemed to be relatively quiet at the pool at the far end (nearest the port itself), although there were a couple of Turnstones on one of the islands, and a group of about 30 Slender-billed Gulls.  Working my way back towards the information centre there were plenty of Little Terns still feeding young on the walls of the lagoons, and a few Gull-billed Terns flying over with food in their mouths obviously coming back from the fields inland with food for their young.  In the 3^rd lagoon on the right (from the information centre), there is a distant line of posts, and on these I counted 34 adult Black Terns still in breeding plumage plus a few Common and Sandwich Terns, and while watching these I had 3 Whiskered Terns fly over.  All in all, a good morning for tern varieties.  There seemed to have been a small influx of Little Egrets as well, as I counted 14 of them.

Having seen the Black Terns, I thought that on my way back I would call in at the farm reservoirs close to the airport road that joins the AP-7 and San Javier airport.  This turned out quite worthwhile, as I had another 16 adult Black Terns here, together with 8 Gull-billed Terns, a couple of Green Sandpipers, an adult Night Heron, Cattle Egret and Squacco Heron!

 A couple of photos of one of the Black Terns seen

 A record shot of the adult Night Heron...

 ... and another of the adult Squacco Heron

Rounding off the weekend, I called in on Sunday morning firstly to the Cabo de Palos end of Marchamalo Salinas to check out the terns and gulls (here in the past I have seen Elegant Tern in with the Sandwiches, and as a pair of Elegants have bred this year in Valencia, it’s quite possible they may call in here on their way back south). But it wasn’t to be today – today there were just 10 Sandwich, 10 Common and 8 Little Terns, plus just 8 Black-headed Gulls and 7 Mediterranean Gulls (all adults, starting to lose their breeding plumage).  Other birds were a few Slender-billed Gulls, Audouin’s Gulls, lots of Yellow-legged Gulls, a couple of adult Greater Flamingos (quite early for here), and plenty of swifts (both Common and Pallid) and hirundines (House Martins, Swallows and Red-rumped Swallows).

As I haven’t been over to Calblanque for a while and as I still had time before you have to use the bus service there, I called in to the Salinas at Rasall, more to see how the water levels were than anything else.  They weren’t bad at all, with just a few totally covered in salt and these had about 50 Yellow-legged Gulls sat on them.  On the walls of the lagoons were 18 Audouin’s Gulls (17 adults and just one juvenile) and I managed to read a couple of colour rings from them - the birds were originally ringed one in 2009 at the La Mata lagoon in Alicante (a large breeding colony) and the other on Isla Grosa just of the coast from La Manga in 2008 when there was a sizeable colony there.

 Apart from that, things were very quiet with just a couple of Black Winged Stilts and half a dozen Kentish Plovers.

And that’s it, so until my next report,

Chauu

8th July 2013 – They’re on their way back!

Hi all,

Although it hardly seems possible, for some species the breeding season is now over and birds are once again heading south.  Looking at some farm reservoirs close to San Javier airport over the weekend, I had my first returning Black Terns, adults in full breeding plumage, feeding over the reservoirs together with a couple of Gull-billed Terns.

 First returning Black Tern...

... together with a Gull Billed Tern

I also called into the Salinas at San Pedro on Sunday morning where a couple of the people who work at the information centre were out manning an information desk at the side of one of the lagoons.  This was the ideal opportunity to ask about the breeding success of some of the local birds, and I was told that in general most breeding species were up to their normal numbers (Avocets, Black Winged Stilts, Shelduck, Kentish Plovers, Black-headed and Slender-billed Gulls, Common and Sandwich Terns).  One species that did seem lower are the Little Terns, but this may well be due to the amount of rainfall during the winter and spring making many inland areas more interesting to the terns.  And a species that has definitely increased – 502 pairs of breeding Audouin’s Gulls, a colony that seems to have come out of no-where to be one of the largest colonies in Spain after the Delta del Ebro and southern Alicante.

I also asked about Flamingos, as having passed by San Pedro the previous week, I had seen 3 ‘juvenile’ Flamingos, but on asking people from various places where they breed in Spain (Laguna de Fuente Piedra; Pétrola; Delta del Ebro), none of the young have yet reached being able to fly.  Normally I don’t see juvenile Flamingos until the end of August, so wondered if it were possible that they may have bred at San Pedro for the first time, and the juveniles that I saw were local birds.  While talking about the flamingos, looking through my ‘scope I saw another group of 10 juveniles, some of which looked suspiciously dark to me – unfortunately they were far too distant to be able to photograph.  Although the people manning the desk didn’t know if they have bred here this year, they said they would find out and let me know.

Photos of the juvenile Flamingos taken last weekend

Apart from that, things are still pretty quiet, although over the next few weeks I would expect terns and gulls to start moving, and towards the end of the month we should have the first waders (hopefully including Red-necked Phalaropes which are seen at San Pedro regularly towards the end of July).

And keep an eye out for swifts – what with the rarities (Needletailed and Pacific Swifts) having been seen in the UK and a Pacific Swift in Galicia last week, we had a report of up to 3 Little Swifts having been seen locally last week along the Mar Menor in Los Urrutias.  Although they couldn't be re-located, it's always worth checking any swifts out just in case there may be a strange one amongst them!

 
Chauu

A weekend in Nerpio

Last weekend (24^th  – 26^th May 2013) I went just over the Murcian border to the region of Albacete, to participate in the ‘Walnut Tree’ bird census at Nerpio. (For further details of this, see http://alasparanerpio.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/ii-censo-coordinado-de-aves-en-los.html).

This is the second year that the census has taken place, the idea being to get an estimation of the bird population in this area, and to note any changes that there may be.

The actual survey took just a couple of hours on the Saturday morning, but there were various excursions arranged for the whole weekend, from the Friday evening through to Sunday lunchtime.

We didn’t have to register at the hostel we were staying in until the Friday evening, but as it meant passing through one on my favourite birding areas, I took the day off work and started my weekend on the Friday morning.  This is my account of the weekend (sorry if it’s a bit long).

Friday, 24^th May

I drove from Los Belones to Caravaca de la Cruz and on to Inazares on the Granada road, arriving at the Inazares turn-off at 11:45.  I stopped here for about ¾ of an hour, checking out a small Lesser Kestrel colony, and photographing Rock and Tree Sparrows.  Here there were also Magpies and I had a single Raven fly over.

 Rock Sparrow...

... and another

 

 One of a couple of pairs of Lesser Kestrel

 A pair (I presume) of Tree Sparrows

I continued on and took the turn-off for Cañadas de la Cruz.  Passing through Cañadas, I followed the road up towards Revolcadores (the highest part of the province of Murcia, at just over 2,000 metres).  Parking up just before the highest part of the road, I had a look around the woodland area here, which is mainly pines but with a fair amount of other mixed woodland.  This is an area I normally go to in the winter for wintering thrushes (such as Redwing, Fieldfare and Ring Ouzel), but I’ve never stopped off here at this time of year, and I’ll certainly do it again!

Possibly because of the large amount of rain and snow over the winter, everything looked very green, and all the birds were singing ‘atope’.  Nightingale, Melodious Warblers, Cirl Bunting, Rock Bunting, Serins, Corn Buntings, Woodlarks, Woodchat Shrikes, Blue Tits, Great Tits and Nuthatches – all competing to catch the attention of a mate – until a Sparrowhawk shot through - but they weren’t quiet for long.  I spent a couple of hours here, having a picnic lunch and birding throughout.  Overhead I had a Raven and three Griffon Vultures float over, and one of the Nuthatches landed on a tree next to my car.  After a quick scramble to set up the camera, I rattled off about 20 shots, but had to ‘bin’ the majority of them – the bird was so close that only part of it was in focus!

 A very smart male Rock Bunting...

 ... singing from one of the pine trees

 This Nuthatch...

 ... checking all the crevices for insects...

 ... crossed over to my side of the road...

 ... landing in a tree three feet from my car window...

 ... meanwhile a Griffon Vulture floated overhead...

 ... and the Nuthatch continued in its search for insects

 Slightly further up the track, a Melodious Warbler was keeping lookout

Leaving reluctantly at about 3pm, I made my way back towards Caravaca de la Cruz, where the turn off for Nerpio is.  I had a couple of more stops I wanted to make before crossing the Murcia/Albacete border.  One was open farmland, another Lesser Kestrel site where I had at least 13 Lesser Kestrels, plus 11 Chough, more Rock Sparrows, half a dozen Bee-eaters, a very nice male Black-eared Wheatear, a couple of Hoopoes and a Booted Eagle drift over.

 Here there was a larger group of Lesser Kestrels - here a male...

 ... and a female

 There was quite a number of Chough as well

 Another of the male Lesser Kestrels

 A general view of the area

The other site was just north of Archivel where I wanted to check out some woodland, but having not been here for a couple of years now, I missed the entrance into the woods that I wanted to use, and didn’t realise that I’d done so until 7 km later, so rather than turn round, I decided to continue on towards Nerpio. I stopped off at the Taibilla reservoir which is just outside Nerpio.  This was pretty poor in the way of waterbirds, with just single Little and Great Crested Grebes, a group of 7 Mallard and a few Coots dotted around, but there were again Nightingales in the bushes alongside, and I had a superb views of another male Cirl Bunting singing from the edge of the pine wood.

 

 The Taibilla reservoir was very quiet - one of the few birds was this Great Crested Grebe

I finally continued on to the hostel arriving at about 5-30.  As there was no-one there yet to let me in, I explored around the garden, seeing a couple of Spotted Flycatcher, at least two (after a lot of chasing) Firecrest, a pair of Black Redstart which had a juvenile obviously just out of the nest, lots of Chaffinch, Short-toed Treecreeper and Mistle Thrush.  Overhead I could hear Bee-eaters, and a couple of Griffon Vultures floated by and came to rest in some mountains opposite. By now more people had arrived, and while ‘scoping the Griffon Vultures, we came across a large, obviously old, nest, which some thought could have been a Lammergeier's from when they were found around here many years ago.  They intend to climb it later in the year, so if I hear anything I’ll keep you posted.

 In the garden of the hostel, this female Black Redstart was keeping an eye out for insects...

 ... and under the pine trees, plenty of Chaffinches

On the pine trees themselves, a couple of Short-toed Treecreepers

After supper and a quick talk on the methodology of the census for tomorrow, it was bedtime, but not before a quick walk outside to hear at least 2 Tawny Owls calling.

Bird of the day:  Although by no means a rarity, without doubt it was the Nuthatch that came down close to me.  I had always thought of these as being rarities in the region of Murcia, but I heard at least 4 singing in a fairly small area.  Just goes to show, you need to know where to go!

  

Saturday 25^th May

Census day! After a 7-30 breakfast, we were out in the field at 8 to start our census.  Luckily I was censusing with Pedro, who although pretty much a novice at birding, has amazing sight for anything moving, so he pointed out the birds and I i.d.’d them.  We were censusing the same sites as I did last year, so everything was fairly straight forward.  The method is to stop at a pre-determined place for 5 minutes, and note every bird (seen and heard) that was within 25 metres, outside 25 metres and passing over.  We had 5 stops to make, all alongside a river, which apart from the walnut trees in small fields, had a lot of Poplars and bushes of all sorts both along the river and up in the rocky sides of the valley.  My impression was that there were fewer birds than last year (but then again, last year we were a team of 3).  For such a restricted area, we didn’t do too bad, having at least 18 different species including Ravens, Golden Orioles, Booted Eagle, Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Wryneck, Spotted Flycatchers, Nuthatches and Blue Rock Thrushes, and I heard my first two Common Cuckoos of the year!

During our census, we had a couple of Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Finishing the census at around 9-30, we went to our rendezvous point – a house of friends where we could continue birding in the ‘campo’ (with Golden Orioles, Hoopoes, Black Redstarts, Rock Sparrows and Northern Wheatears in their garden!).

 A few views from the garden of Alfonso and Conchi in 'Los Poyos'

 In the garden, a pair of Northern Wheatears were breeding...

... and Choughs were flying to and fro

Since they have been promoting themselves as an ornithological area, the Termino Municipal of Nerpio have set up numerous interesting trails that can be walked, and we were to take one of these this afternoon, up to the top of a mountain (Majadillo, in the Sierra de Huebras), in the hope of seeing one of the Lammerguyers that a nearby captive breeding program has released.  With spectacular views, it would be a nice place for a picnic lunch as well.  Arriving there at about 2pm, we spent the next couple of hours eating and drinking, plus searching the skies for the Lammergeier.  We had no luck with the Lammergeier, but did have with several Griffon Vultures that flew by very closely, and a Booted Eagle, and had several passerines on the walk back to the cars including a couple of Subalpine Warblers, Coal Tits and Cirl Buntings.

 One of a few non-avian animals seen - Occelated Lizard

 Some of the Griffon Vultures...

 ... like this one...

 ... flew by quite close

 Not so confiding was this male Subalpine Warbler

 Picnic time, methinks - but still keep looking!

The rest of the afternoon we were free to do as we pleased, and I spent my time trying to photograph the very pale Northern Wheatears in the garden (and also falling asleep in the sunshine!).

Bird of the day:  Not so clearcut today, but I suppose the Griffon Vultures that came so close.

Sunday, 26^th May

This morning we were to visit a ringing station that had been set up on another of the Nerpio trails, the Ruta de Artuñio near Pedro Andres (further details in spanish at http://es.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=3023230).  We had the option of starting early when they first opened the nets (which meant a 5 am start), but both Javier Palacios and I opted for a later start, arriving there at 9-30.  We thought we had made a wise choice, as when we first got up at the hostel, there was thick low cloud and fog, but apparently at the ringing site the day had started with clear skies – very localised the weather around these mountains.

If any reader ever goes to this area of Spain, I would thoroughly recommend this valley as a place to visit.  With high walled mountains on both sides, and a real variety of plants, shrubs and trees and a small river running through it, the place is beautiful.  And the birdlife – well, in the 4 hours we were there, I personally counted 38 species including Western Orphean Warblers (6 seen in the hand!), Melodious Warblers, Bonelli’s Warblers, Subalpine Warblers, Short-toed Treecreepers, Nuthatches, Firecrests, Cirl Buntings, Golden Orioles, Nightingales, Rock Sparrows, Blue Rock Thrush, Booted Eagles, Griffon Vultures and Ravens, to name but a few.

 Some of the birds captured for ringing - here a pair of Western Orphean Warblers...

 ... and another grey headed female...

 ...Bonelli's Warbler...

 

 ... Short-toed Treecreeper - note the long bill...

 ... Antonio and Sergio admiring a Robin...

 ... one of a couple of Woodchat Shrikes captured...

 ... and another of the Western Orphean Warblers...

 

... and finally, a Melodious Warbler

 Some general view photos of this beautiful valley

 

 Flying over the netting area, this Booted Eagle kept an eye on things...

 ... while in the ringing area there were Coal Tits

On my way out of the valley, a pair of Woodchats were in one of the small trees

Time passed all too quickly, and it was soon time to pack up.  It had been arranged for those who wanted to, to have lunch at a nearby restaurant in Yerbas, but I decided that on the way home I would call in to a place near Moratalla back in Murcia province, in the hope of seeing a Dipper.

 On my way back from Nerpio, I did an emergency stop on the road

to photograph this Short-toed Eagle flying over...

... and another stop to get a photo of the Taibilla Reservoir

It took a little longer than I expected to get here, and arriving at 4pm I started up the river.  The only problem was that being a sunny Sunday afternoon and arriving just after lunchtime, everybody and (literally) their dogs were on the same track, swimming and shouting, so my chances were slim to nill!  In the event, I didn’t see the Dippers, but was entertained for a while by Grey Wagtails feeding their young which were obviously just out of the nest, and on my walk along the river I did see more Spotted Flycatchers, Rock Buntings and Melodious Warblers amongst other birds, and at 6pm,started back for Los Belones.

 Some of the spectacular views of the River Benamor above Moratalla

 

 

  And some of the birds - here a Melodious Warbler...

 ... and a couple of Grey Wagtail

 

Bird of the day:  Although there were several contenders, it had to be the Western Orphean Warbler, as although I’d seen several before, never had I seen them in the hand or for such a long time in the field (singing atop a small pine tree).

Birds seen/heard over the weekend:

Little Grebe – Zampullín Común (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Great Crested Grebe – Somormujo Lavanco (Podiceps cristatus)

Cattle Egret – Garcilla Bueyera (Bubulcus ibis)

Mallard – Ánade Azulón (Anas platyrhynchos)

Griffon Vulture – Buitre Leonado (Gyps fulvus)

Sparrowhawk – Gavilán Común (Accipiter nisus)

Common Buzzard – Busardo Ratonero (Buteo buteo)

Short-toed Eagle – Culebrera Europea (Circaetus gallicus)

Booted Eagle – Aguililla Calzada (Hieraaetus pennatus)

Kestrel – Cernícalo Vulgar (Falco tinnunculus)

Lesser Kestrel – Cernícalo Primilla (Falco naumanni)

Peregrine – Halcón Peregrino (Falco peregrinus)

Red-legged Partridge – Perdiz Roja (Alectoris rufa)

Coot – Focha Común (Fulica atra)

Rock Dove – Paloma Bravía (Columba livia)

Woodpigeon – Paloma Torcaz (Columba palumbus)

Collared Dove – Tórtula Turca (Streptopelia decaocto)

Cuckoo (heard) – Cuco Común (Cuculus canorus)

Tawny Owl (heard) – Cárabo Común (Strix aluco)

Swift – Vencejo Común (Apus apus)

Bee-eater – Abejaruco (Merops apiaster)

Hoopoe – Abubilla (Upupa epops)

Wryneck – Torcecuello (Jynx torquilla)

Green Woodpecker – Pito Real (Picus viridis)

Great Spotted Woodpecker – Pico Picapinos (Dendrocopos major)

Crested Lark – Cogujada Común (Galerida cristata)

Woodlark (heard) – Alondra Totovía (Lullula arborea)

Swallow – Golondrina Comun (Hirundo rustica)

House Martin – Avión Común (Delichon urbicum)

Crag Martin – Avión Requero (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)

Grey Wagtail – Lavandera Cascadeña (Motacilla cinerea)

Robin – Petirrojo Europeo (Erithacus rubecula)

Nightingale – Ruiseñor Común (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Black Redstart – Colirrojo Tizón (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Stonechat – Tarabilla Común (Saxicola torquatus)

Northern Wheatear – Collalba Gris (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Black-eared Wheatear – Collalba Rubia (Oenanthe hispanica)

Blue Rock Thrush – Roquero Solitario (Monticola solitarius)

Blackbird – Mirlo Común (Turdus merula)

Mistle Thrush – Zorzal Charlo (Turdus viscivorus)

Melodious Warbler – Zarcero Común (Hippolais polyglotta)

Dartford Warbler (heard) – Curruca Rabilarga (Sylvia undata)

Subalpine Warbler – Curruca Carrasqueña (Sylvia cantillans)

Western Orphean Warbler – Curruca Mirlona (Sylvia hortensis)

Blackcap – Curruca Capirotada (Sylvia atricapilla)

Willow Warbler – Mosquitero Musical (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Bonelli’s Warbler – Mosquitero Papialbo (Phylloscopus bonelli)

Firecrest – Reyezuelo Listado (Regulus ignicapilla)

Spotted Flycatcher – Papamoscas Gris (Muscicapa striata)

Blue Tit – Herrerillo Común (Parus caeruleus)

Great Tit – Carbonero Común (Parus major)

Crested Tit – Herrerillo Capuchino (Parus cristatus)

Coal Tit – Carbonero Garrapinos (Parus ater)

Nuthatch – Trepador Azul (Sitta europaea)

Short-toed Treecreeper – Agateador Común (Certhia brachydactyla)

Woodchat Shrike – Alcaudón Común (Lanius senator)

Southern Grey Shrike – Alcaudón Real (Lanius meridionalis)

Golden Oriole – Oropéndola (Oriolus oriolus)

Jay – Arrendajo Común (Garrulus glandarius)

Magpie – Urraca (Pica pica)

Carrion Crow – Corneja Común (Corvus corone)

Raven – Cuervo (Corvus corax)

Jackdaw – Grajilla (Corvus monedula)

Chough – Chova Piquirroja (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Spotless Starling – Estornino Negro (Sturnus unicolor)

House Sparrow – Gorrión Común (Passer domesticus)

Tree Sparrow – Gorrión Molinero (Passer montanus)

Rock Sparrow – Gorrión Chillón (Petronia petronia)

Chaffinch – Pinzón Vulgar (Fringilla coelebs)

Serin – Verdecillo (Serinus serinus)

Greenfinch – Verderón Común (Carduelis chloris)

Goldfinch – Jilguero (Carduelis carduelis)

Linnet – Pardillo Común (Carduelis cannabina)

Corn Bunting – Triguero (Miliaria calandra)

Cirl Bunting – Escribano Soteño (Emberiza cirrus)

Rock Bunting – Escribano Montesino (Emberiza cia)