A couple of hours Orchid hunting with Jayne.
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| Champagne Orchid (Orchis champagneuxii). |
Jayne and I drove down to the lake via Moraleda, we parked then had a walk through the pine woodlands and after some time we walked back to the car with a very nice list of species including
Champagne (Orchis champagneuxii), Fan-lipped (Anacamptis collina),
Giant (Himantoglossum robertiana),
Mirror (Ophrys speculum),
Naked / Italian Man (Orchis italica),
Ophrys forestieri,
Sawfly (Ophrys tenthredinifera),
Small Woodcock (Ophrys picta),
Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea) and the two hybrids
Orchiaceras bivonae (gone over) and
Ophrys x
chobautii.
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| Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum). |
Birds included a calling
Scop's Owl (Autillo Europeo / Otus scops),
Common Cuckoo (Cuco Común / Cuculus canorus),
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra),
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus) and
Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla).
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| Ophrys x chobautii. |
On our way back we came back north through the Cacín Valley and on the way we saw
Bonelli's Eagle (Aguila-azor / Hieraetus faciatus),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura),
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis),
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cyanus),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).
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| Small Woodcock (Ophrys picta). |
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