A few hours on the rivers North of Malaga.
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| Female Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator). |
Jayne spent a few hours in the city so I went out to the North in search of Dragonflies and started along the Arroyo Casarabonela where after quite a lot of searching I found just 2x male
Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator), 4x male
Epaulet Skimmers (Orthetrum chrysostigma), 2x male
Orange-winged Dropwings (Trithemis kirbyi) and lots of
Iberian Blue-tails (Ischnura graellsii).
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| Female Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator). |
Butterflies included
African Grass (Nina esmaltada / Zizeeia knysna) and
Southern Blues (Polyommatus celina),
Geranium Bronze (
Cacyreus marshalli), Bath White (Blanqiverdosa / Pontia daplidice) and
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).
I did not take my bins but I did see
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Common Waxbill (
Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos),
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).
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| Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma). |
I moved on back towards Malaga and had a drive along the Rio Grande where I added
Little (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and
Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus),
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster) to the list.
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| Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma). |
Moving on again I headed down the tracks to the point where the Rio Grande joins the Rio Guadalhorce and searched the margins there and picked up
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathinerum),
White (Platycnemis latipes) and
Orange Featherlegs (Platycnemis acutipennis),
Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus),
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) and
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata).
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| Orange Featherleg (Platycnemis acutipennis). |
New birds included
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and a
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans).
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| Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos). |
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| Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta). |
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| Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus). |
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| Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs). |
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| European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster). |
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| Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli). |
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