Birds, orchids of Extremadura, Spain, 10 April

This 10 April 2016 photo shows some beautiful flowers near Jaraicejo village in Extremadura in Spain.

After our arrival on 9 April came our first full day in Jaraicejo, on 10 April.

Early in the morning, corn buntings sing from wires. Or from holly oak trees.

A collared dove calls.

A woodchat shrike in a holly oak tree.

Griffon vultures circle overhead.

Long-headed poppy flowers.

Two great tits.

Bee-eaters are back from their spring migration.

A black stork flies past. Like the bee-eaters, it is back, all the way from Africa.

A crested lark on the footpath.

In the afternoon, we walked a little further, towards the Almonte river.

Along a dirt road grew these beautiful orchid flowers: sawfly orchid.

Their usual colour is pinkish, but some flowers are white.

We saw a flock of about a hundred goldfinches.

When we had arrived back, there was this azure-winged magpie.

And this hoopoe, looking for food in the soil.

And these holly oaks.

Stay tuned, as more blog posts, including photos, from Extremadura will appear on this blog.

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