On the edge of the 1% of the Embalse in Malaga Province.
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| Iberian Orchid (Ophrys vernixia). |
There is a very small patch of the Embalse that just creeps in to the province which includes the southern half of the Dam near Cuevas de San Marcos. With some good directions from Ian Phillips yet again I found several plants of the uncommon Iberian Orchid (Ophrys vernixia). The plants were in an area of Pine woodland not to far from the dam along with several spikes of Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea) and Small-flowered Serapias (Serapias parviflora). The Common Mirror Orchids (Ophrys Speculum) were all pretty much over with, as were a couple of spikes of Giant (Himantoglossum robertiana), a great many Italian Man Orchids (Orchis italica) and also the hybrid between Ophrys speculum and vernixia = Ophrys x innominata.
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| Iberian Orchid (Ophrys vernixia). |
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Orphean Warbler (Curruca Mirlona / Sylvia hortensis) were all seen in the pines. Large numbers of House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) were nesting on the under side of the dam and a couple of pairs of Red-rumped Swallows (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica) must have had a sutable nest site near by as they were also feeding along the dam wall.
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| Ophrys x innominata. |
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