A morning in the woodlands looking for butterflies.
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Dusky Heath (Ninfa de Esper / Coenonympha dorus). |
I had a couple of hours to kill so I headed up on to the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada looking for Butterflies and Dragonflies. I started off just below the Visitor Center on the old road down to Guejar-sierra. At the first I parked on the side of the road and had a wonder around a large area of grassland lined with Pine woodland and whilst I was there I picked up a few species of bird including a cracking male
Peregrine Falcon (Halcón Peregrino / Falco peregrinus),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli),
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and
Coal Tits (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and a calling
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei). Whilst I was having a bimble around here I also saw quite a few species of butterfly,
Tree Grayling ( statilinus) was by far the commonest species closely followed by
Striped Grayling (Pseudotergumia fidia) and
Oriental Meadow Brown (Hyponephele lupinnus).
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Common Golden Ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii subsp algirica). |
On a small rocky ridge on the sharp corner in the road I found the first of a few
Dusky Heaths (Coenonympha dorus),
Sage Skipper (Muschampia proto),
Rock Grayling (Hipparchia alcyone),
Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli) and
Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera). On the main open area there were good numbers of
Clouded Yellows (Colias croceus),
Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina),
Small Heaths (Coenonympha pamphilus) and under the pines a couple of
Speckled Woods (Pararge aegeria).
Lower down I parked by the bridge which crosses the Rio Genil and dropped down below it on to the rocks to look for some dragons, straight away there were a small number of Common Golden Ringed Dragonflies (Cordulegaster boltonii) which were chasing around the over hanging Willow trees. I also saw a rather tatty Comma (Polygonia c-album), a Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) and several Painted Lady's (Vanessa cardui).
I then notice that one of the
Golden Rings was settling regularly down on an area of brambles so I climbed down to the river side to try and get some shot.
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Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum) male. |
On the way I disturbed a male
Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum) which soon came back to its perch and let me take a few shots. After a while the Golden Ring also came back and settled whilst it finished off it's last catch and allowed me to take a few pictures. In the same area I also saw
Small White (Artogeia rapae),
Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera),
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator),
Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and
White Wagtails (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).
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