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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 |
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Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis (30)
2 in the steppes 17th but mainly encountered at the coast where 15 Ebro Delta 20th.
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Fan-tailed Warbler, Ebro Delta, 20th May |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
Western Subalpine Warbler, San Juan de la Peña, 19th |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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