Checking on the Orchids.
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Blue Spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini). |
Jayne and I had a quick look at the disused Quarry area on Sierra de Loja where 10 days or so ago I had found a single spike of the hybrid between
Ophrys picta and
Ophrys tenthredinifrea and to get the plant fully checked out we needed a single flower as a herbarium sample. I arrived at the site and found the plant along with some
Pyramidal (Orquidea pyramidal / Anacamptis pyramidalia) and
Small Woodcock Orchids (Ophrys picta) but all of them including the hybrid were passed their best, so the sample was not going to be great.
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Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe). |
In the area we heard
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata) which was well hidden in the scrub on the hillside, saw a displaying
Blue Rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius),
Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos) and
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido / Apus pallidus).
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Centaurea prolongoi. |
Butterflies seen included
Blue Spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini),
Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe),
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides),
Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes) and
Spanish Marbled White (Melanargia ines). Some wildflowers were still in good condition but a lot of the vegetation was starting to dry out very early.
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Centaurea boissieri. |
Plants included
Centaurea prolongoi,
Centaurea boissieri,
Blue Hounds-tongue (Cynoglossum creticum),
Dianthus Pungens,
Brown Bluebell (Dipcadi serotinum),
Barbary Nut (Gynandiris sisyrinchium),
Large Blue Flax (Linum narbonense),
White Flax (Linum suffruticosum),
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascene) and
Omphalodes commutate.
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