Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) Recently in Hampshire, England a Spanish Sparrow has appeared and causing quite a stir. A twitch it´s called. Twitching is a term used to describe the “pursuit of a previously located bird” according to Wikipedia. Basically when someone sees a bird not normally seen in an […]
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Little Owl (Athene noctua) The Little Owl is the most abundant of the owls we have here, and indeed is probably one of the most numerous in the world. They are small, unassuming, and adapt easily to human settlements. Did I mention that they are also Mrs. HibernoManchegos favourite bird? […]
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) We get many winter visitors from far away here in la Mancha, such as the Common Crane from far off Siberia or the Red Kite from Northern Europe. But we also get visitors from what´s called “Altitudinal Migration”. This is a seasonal movement where the change […]
Reed Bunting – male (Emberiza schoeniclus) Continuing on from yesterdays entry about the Navaseca it was a pleasure to see there a pair of Reed Buntings. The male is a handsome bird, although my photo does not do him justice, whilst the female looks rather Sparrow like. Reed Bunting – […]
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleuchos) The Laguna de Navaseca was superb yesterday. It really is a tiny gem. Only 15km from the Tablas National Park which is beautiful, orderly and expansive, the Navaseca is small, dumpy and smelly. But that doesn´t affect anything. It always performs. It has ducks, waders, egrets, […]
Spanish Imperial Eagle – juvenile (Aquila adalberti), a photo by HibernoManchego (formerly Mike at Sea) on Flickr. Today SEO/Birdlife Spain announced what would appear to be a very bad start to the year for the extremely vulnerable Spanish Imperial Eagle. Six birds were found dead due to poisoning in la […]
Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) It´s been a bad month for me getting out and about with other things taking priority but I haven´t forgotten where they are. We paid a visit to the castle Calatrava la Nueva with our friend Trevor when he was over. It was a dull day […]
Naranjo de Bulnes (Picu Urriellu) It´s been too long since I wrote an entry but things have been hectic. I´ll try to keep more up to date. So going back a month and a half…. Myself and Mrs. HibernoManchego went to Asturias for the Halloween bank holiday. We had never […]
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) Last week I was rather sick with a cold. The temperature was 26-30C each day and it killed me to have to stay in for most of it. Thankfully it´s passed now and I was able to get back on track and into the field. And […]
…without using missiles but with a camera and lens. Sometimes the pen is mightier than the sword and Ecologistas en Acción and EFE have reported this action in our protected areas to the authorities and the press. I have mentioned it before in a previous entry and now something is […]