A long time coming after many weeks embedded behind Hackney lines (with memorable results this spring), late May and early June was spent in the avian and meteorological nirvana of Extremadura and its neighbouring regions, in central-western Spain.
Full trip report to follow; in the meantime, some of the photographic highlights, roughly in chronological order.
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Black-shouldered Kite, western Toledo province. Just out of the car after the drive from Madrid, and the first bird photographed.
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Marsh Harrier, same area
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Short-toed Eagle and Griffon Vulture, Rio Almonte bridge (just south of Monfrague)
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juvenile and adult Rock Buntings, Monfrague castle
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Blue Rock Thrush, Monfrague castle
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Hoopoe, Three Bridges, near Monfrague
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Avocet, small roadside pool a few km from our first base (Aldeacentenera) on the Belen Plains
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Monty's, near Aldeacentenera
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Bee-eaters, near Aldeacentenera
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White Storks, near Aldeacentenera
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Woodchat Shrike, near Aldeacentenera
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juvenile Subalpine Warbler, near Aldeacentenera
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Booted Eagle, Trujillo fish ponds
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Little Ringed Plover, Trujillo fish ponds
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Black Kite, Trujillo fish ponds
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Lesser Kestrels, Trujillo bull-ring
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Black Kites, near Aldeacentenera
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Hoopoe, near Aldeacentenera
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Monty's, near Aldeacentenera
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Lesser Kestrel, Raven, Cattle Egret, Spotless Starlings, Great Bustards and Jackdaw - Belen Plains, near aldeacentenera
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Great Bustards, Belen Plains, near Aldeacentenera
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Cattle Egrets, Belen Plains, near aldeacentenera
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Red-rumped Swallows, near Aldeacentenera
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Egyptian (& Black) Vultures, Belen Plains, near Aldeacentenera
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Black and Griffon Vultures, near aldeacentenera
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singing male Spanish Sparrow, Rio Almonte bridge (c8km NE of Aldeacentenera)
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Crag Martins, Rio Almonte bridge (c8km NE of Aldeacentenera)
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Black Kite, near Aldeacentenera
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Bee-eater, near Aldeacentenera
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sub-adult Spanish Imperial Eagle, south of Monfrague
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adult male Black Redstart, Monfrague
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Azure-winged Magpie, everywhere
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Rock Sparrow, Monfrague
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juvenile Hawfinch, Monfrague
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Eagle Owl, Monfrague
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Black Stork, Monfrague
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adult male Golden Oriole, by the villa, Valle Del Jerte
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Dipper, by the villa
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Bonelli's Eagle, Monfrague
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Red Deer, Monfrague
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Spanish Wagtails, Sierra Del Gredos
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Rock Bunting on territory, Sierra Del Gredos
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about a kilometre from the peak of the Sierras - breeding Bluethroats, Spanish Wagtails, Ortolan and Rock Buntings in the scrub, Black Redstarts and Crag Martins under the bridge, and Bonelli's Warblers in the pine plantation - hence very satisfied Pearsons senior and junior
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Ortolan Bunting on Territory, Sierra Del Gredos
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Ortolan & Rock Buntings on the same boulder near the peak of the Sierras
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Photographing the above little beauties, guerrilla-style
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just-fledged Black Redstart, Sierra Del Gredos
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Common Whitethroat and Northern Wheatear, both trans-Saharan singers with territories overlooking snow cover in the Sierra Del Gredos
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the ubiquitous and always accommodating Golden Orioles around the villa
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Nightingale and White Wagtail, ditto
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Short-toed Treecreeper and Nuthatch, Valle Del Jerte
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Black-eared Wheatear, Wood- and Thekla Larks, Valle Del Jerte
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Western Bonelli's Warbler, Valle Del Jerte - taken shortly after being dive-bombed to within inches after a short blast of an MP3
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Altitudinal delirium from the female contingent
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Booted Eagles, everywhere
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Birders Wives June 2009 cover shoot, Valle Del Jerte
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the dirty photographer
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Cirl Bunting
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Melodious Warbler, outcompeting the iPod impressively
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Yet more BE's
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male Marsh Harrier, somewhere on the way back to Madrid