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<blockquote data-quote="foresttwitcher" data-source="post: 3565634" data-attributes="member: 97625"><p><u>Tuesday 25th April</u>:</p><p></p><p>With my remaining main target species proving elusive I headed a little north to the village of <em>Chapineria</em> where there is an Information Centre (<em>Centro de Educacion Ambiental El Aguila</em>) dedicated to them with a roof-top viewing area from which they can sometimes be seen. There were quite a few nice birds seen from the balcony but of raptors only a single Black Kite and numbers of both Griffon & Black Vulture. So after a while I did one of the waymarked walks down through the scrub woodland / dry fields below the village. The walk provided good views of a number of the more common species already seen, particularly Hoopoe, Iberian Magpie & numerous Bee-eaters, and added a new species in the form of a number of singing <strong>Woodlark</strong>, both perched and in flight.</p><p></p><p>The nice young lady in the information centre had suggested I took a road west from the village and beyond <em>Navas del Rey</em> for a possibility of seeing the eagle. Due to a confusing section of road I don't think I found it but headed generally west anyway to the <em>Upper Tietar Valley</em> and cruised the local roads between <em>Oropesa</em> / <em>Corchuela</em> / <em>Navalcan</em> / <em>Candeleda</em> / <em>Calzada de Oropesa</em>; nice scenery with notable birds being large numbers of White Stork and Vultures, a few nice Montagu's Harrier and some roadside Woodchat Shrike. I then continues southward to the <em>Llanos de Oropesa</em> driving the route <em>Calzada</em> / <em>Valdeverdeja</em> / <em>El Puente del Arzobispo</em> / <em>Calera y Chozas</em>; much the same species as above but also with numbers of Lesser Kestrel.</p><p></p><p>Heading back in the direction of my base, I spent the evening at the <em>Embalse de Castrejon</em> enjoying the impressive views from and of the <em>Las Barrancas</em> cliffs. The reservoir was a bit quiet with just a few Yellow-legged Gull & Common Sandpiper on the water, a Marsh Harrier over and Feral Pigeon & Red-rumped Swallow on the cliffs. I could not find a way to access the shoreline from the dam end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="foresttwitcher, post: 3565634, member: 97625"] [U]Tuesday 25th April[/U]: With my remaining main target species proving elusive I headed a little north to the village of [I]Chapineria[/I] where there is an Information Centre ([I]Centro de Educacion Ambiental El Aguila[/I]) dedicated to them with a roof-top viewing area from which they can sometimes be seen. There were quite a few nice birds seen from the balcony but of raptors only a single Black Kite and numbers of both Griffon & Black Vulture. So after a while I did one of the waymarked walks down through the scrub woodland / dry fields below the village. The walk provided good views of a number of the more common species already seen, particularly Hoopoe, Iberian Magpie & numerous Bee-eaters, and added a new species in the form of a number of singing [B]Woodlark[/B], both perched and in flight. The nice young lady in the information centre had suggested I took a road west from the village and beyond [I]Navas del Rey[/I] for a possibility of seeing the eagle. Due to a confusing section of road I don't think I found it but headed generally west anyway to the [I]Upper Tietar Valley[/I] and cruised the local roads between [I]Oropesa[/I] / [I]Corchuela[/I] / [I]Navalcan[/I] / [I]Candeleda[/I] / [I]Calzada de Oropesa[/I]; nice scenery with notable birds being large numbers of White Stork and Vultures, a few nice Montagu's Harrier and some roadside Woodchat Shrike. I then continues southward to the [I]Llanos de Oropesa[/I] driving the route [I]Calzada[/I] / [I]Valdeverdeja[/I] / [I]El Puente del Arzobispo[/I] / [I]Calera y Chozas[/I]; much the same species as above but also with numbers of Lesser Kestrel. Heading back in the direction of my base, I spent the evening at the [I]Embalse de Castrejon[/I] enjoying the impressive views from and of the [I]Las Barrancas[/I] cliffs. The reservoir was a bit quiet with just a few Yellow-legged Gull & Common Sandpiper on the water, a Marsh Harrier over and Feral Pigeon & Red-rumped Swallow on the cliffs. I could not find a way to access the shoreline from the dam end. [/QUOTE]
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