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25km hotspot birding around Lleida<\/p><\/div>\n
In order of appearance:<\/p>\n
January \u2013 February – March<\/p>\n
Red Kite
\nCollared Dove
\nWoodpigeon
\nChifchaff
\nHouse Sparrow
\nWhite Stork
\nMagpie
\nRock Dove (domestica)
\nCrested Lark
\nChaffinch
\nMarsh Harrier
\nBuzzard
\nBrambling*
\nWood Lark
\nRobin
\nGreat Tit
\nHoopoe
\nBlackbird
\nLesser Spotted Woodpecker *
\nGrey Wagtail
\nKestrel
\nGoldfinch
\nGreat White Heron
\nCarrion Crow
\nCorn Bunting
\nLinnet
\nMerlin*
\nCirl Bunting
\nMallard
\nLittle Owl
\nBlack Redstart
\nGreat Cormorant
\nCommon Starling
\nStonechat
\nCattle Egret
\nYellow Legged Gull
\nLesser Black Backed Gull
\nBlack Kite
\nSpotless Starling
\nJackdaw
\nSerin
\nDartford Warbler
\nGreenfinch
\nWhite Wagtail
\nSong Thrush
\nGrey Heron
\nLittle Grebe
\nGreat Crested Grebe
\nCommon Pochard
\nGadwall
\nTeal
\nShelduck
\nShoveler
\nBlack Headed Gull
\nWater Rail
\nPurple Swamphen*
\nCoot
\nMoorhen
\nSnipe
\nKingfisher
\nPenduline Tit
\nBluethroat*
\nReed Bunting
\nDunnock
\nIberian Green Woodpecker
\nMistle Thrush
\nCetti\u2019s Warbler
\nLapwing
\nBlue Tit
\nGreylag Goose*
\nWater Pipit
\nSkylark
\nBlack Stork*
\nIberian Grey Shrike
\nMeadow Pipit
\nRed Legged Partridge
\nLong Tailed Tit
\nThekla Lark
\nRedwing* (large numbers this year)
\nHawfinch*
\nStock Dove
\nRed Billed Chough
\nSardinian Warbler
\nTufted Duck
\nTree Sparrow
\nGoshawk
\nRuff
\nSpotted Redshank
\nGreen Sandpiper
\nSiskin
\nGoldcrest*
\nShort Toed Treecreeper
\nMute Swan
\nLittle Egret
\nBlackcap
\nBearded Tit* (breeds at one or two sites in Catalonia)
\nWren
\nCoal Tit*
\nCalandra Lark
\nGreat Spotted Woodpecker
\nRock Bunting*
\nRock Sparrow
\nDipper*
\nCrag Martin
\nGriffon Vulture
\nPeregrine Falcon
\nWallcreeper** (our favourite!)
\nFirecrest
\nFieldfare*
\nBlack Wheatear*
\nSparrowhawk
\nHen Harrier*
\nNight Heron
\nBlue Rock Thrush
\nHerring Gull* (rare, but somewhat overlooked. Not a big gull fan myself)
\nLittle Bustard*
\nStone Curlew
\nWigeon
\nGolden Eagle*
\nRaven
\nCrested Tit*
\nBonelli\u2019s Eagle*
\nPin-tailed Sandgrouse* (only one site in Catalonia)
\nDunlin
\nGolden Plover
\nPintail
\nEagle Owl*
\nCommon Crane
\nCommon Sandpiper
\nRed Crested Pochard
\nFerruginous Duck*
\nMoustached Warbler* (breeds at 2? locations in Catalonia)
\nZitting Cisticola
\nRedshank
\nHouse Martin
\nLittle Ringed Plover
\nSand Martin
\nSwallow
\nBlack Tailed Godwit
\nBlack Winged Stilt
\nDupont’s Lark (the only site in Catalonia)
\nLesser Short Toed Lark
\nShort Toed Eagle
\nGreat Spotted Cuckoo
\nGarganey
\nEgyptian Vulture
\nLesser Kestrel
\nAlpine Swift
\nBooted Eagle
\nCommon Swift<\/p>\n
Total for period = 151 species<\/p>\n
* Most noteworthy species; either not expected every year, site specific or generally rare
\nNotes: Visits to Estany d\u2019Ivars, Utxesa, Alf\u00e9s, Mont-ral, Aiguamolls de Rufea, Lleida dump, Clot de l\u2019Unilla, Santa Anna, Serra Llarga, Lockdown and Torre-ribera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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