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Systematic list - part 11: Warblers, Flycatchers, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers

All dates refer to May 2013

 

Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti (9)

6 Utxesa 16th, singles heard between El Planerón and Osera de Ebro and Sástago 17th, 1 Riglos/Agüero area 18th.

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Cetti's Warbler, Utxesa, 16th May

 

Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis (30)

2 in the steppes 17th but mainly encountered at the coast where 15 Ebro Delta 20th.

Fan-tailed Warbler, Ebro Delta, 20th May

 

Savi's Warbler locustella luscinioides (7)

Up to 5 heard singing Ebro Delta 20th and 21st.

 

Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus (9)

4 singing Utxesa 16th, 1 singing between El Planerón and Osera de Ebro 17th, 2 Ebro Delta 20th and 2 Ullals de Baltasar 21st.

 

Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus (20)

10+ Utxesa 16th, 1 Sástago 17th, 9 Ebro Detla 21st.

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Great Reed Warbler, Riet Vell, Ebro Delta, 20th May

 

Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (3)

1 Utxesa 16th, 1 south of Murillo de Gállego 18th, 1 heard Alastuey 19th.

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Melodious Warbler, south of Murillo de Gállego, 18th May

 

Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata (1)

1 Sástago 17th.

 

Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata (3+)

At least 3 north of Osera de Ebro 18th.

 

Western Subalpine Warbler Sylvia (cantillans) cantillans (16)

1 plus a second heard San Juan de la Peña and 2+ base of Hecho Valley 19th.

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Western Subalpine Warbler, San Juan de la Peña, 19th

 

Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala (17)

Small numbers in most areas visited but not seen or heard in the higher parts of the Pyrenees and only 1 in the Ebro Delta.

 

Garden Warbler Sylvia borin (1)

1 base of Hecho Valley 19th.

 

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla (3)

Singles San Juan de la Peña 18th and 19th, 1 heard Hecho Valley 19th.

 

Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli (5)

2 San Juan de la Peña 19th with 2 more heard there and a fifth heard along the road down from there.

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Western Bonelli's Warbler, San Juan de la Peña, 19th

 

Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita (2)

1 San Juan de la Peña and 1 Hecho Valley 19th; Rob had seen another Hecho Valley 18th.

 

Goldcrest Regulus regulus (1)

1 Gabardito 19th.

 

Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus (9)

1 heard San Juan de la Peña and 1 northwest of Jaca 18th; 5 (only 1 seen) San Juan de la Peña and 2 heard on way up to Gabardito 19th.

 

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata (5)

1 Riglos/Agüero area and 1 Hecho Valley 18th, 1 Ebro Delta 20th and 2 Ebro Delta 21st.

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Spotted Flycatcher, Ebro Delta, 20th May

 

Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (1)

1 female by the visitor centre at Ebro Delta 20th. This bird was presumably a migrant so no reason to suppose it might have been Iberian, though I have little knowledge about how one would go about identifying a female (the only feature I'm aware of is broad white edges to the tertials forming a white patch - bit like this maybe, but I'm not sure nominate birds are so very different). More photos and comment on my blog.

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Pied Flycatcher, Ebro Delta, 20th May

 

Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus (1)

1 heard Utxesa 16th.

 

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus (c. 20)

2 heard road up to Gabardito and 2+ at base of Hecho Valley 19th. These will have belonged to the race taiti and appeared darker than British birds.

 

Marsh Tit Poecile palustris (1)

1 heard road up to Gabardito 19th.

 

Crested Tit Periparus ater (11)

3 San Juan de la Peña 18th, 1 there next day, 4 Gabardito 19th and 3 between Jaca and Ebro 20th.

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Crested Tit, San Juan de la Peña, 18th May

 

Coal Tit Periparus ater (9)

Only seen in and around the Pyrenees where 6 Gabardito 19th.

 

Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus (3)

Singles Sástago 17th and San Juan de la Peña 18th and 19th.

 

Great Tit Parus major (7)

1-2 at Sástago 17th, Hecho Valley and northwest of Jaca 18th, San Juan de la Peña 19th and between Jaca and Ebro Delta 20th.

 

Nuthatch Sitta europaea cisalpina (2)

1 San Juan de la Peña and 1 heard Gabardito 19th

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Nuthatch, San Juan de la Peña, 19th May

 

Treecreeper Certhia familiaris (2)

2 heard Gabardito 19th.

 

Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla (3)

Singles heard on the way up to San Juan de la Peña and on the road up to Gabardito 19th, 1 seen Gabardito 19th.

 

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