Monday 28th May (The Birds are Calling)


Mr. Kite looked out of The Joint window into a dark sky where a scops owl was making a noise. Soon a cuckoo, nightingale and wood pigeon could be heard.


Around the camp site little birds flew and Mr. Kite's next task was to identify them. 


Mr. Kite was enjoying his breakfast with His Lady when a unusual bird call was heard. A kittera kittera sound was heard. Then a cuckoo appeared with a long tail and light underparts followed by a hassling magpie that chased the cuckoo. What a great start to the bird identifying and watching a great spotted cuckoo. The bird was then seen a few more times before the magpies sent it somewhere else to lay an egg.

Later in the morning Mr. Kite cycled to the ski slopes at La Pinilla just outside Riaza. A few griffon vultures flew over and lots of house martins were building nests on the buildings. On the return trip Mr. Kite stopped to watch jays, ravens, willow warblers and a booted eagle. Other birds were heard that could not be identified. So Mr.Kite's next task is to listen to the songs of some warblers and birds of the mountains.

To do this Mr. Kite will have a tipple of Mahou Classica. Cheers.