Raptor migration and Dragonflies with Steve Jones.
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White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia). |
Jayne, Lynn, Steve and myself left Sanlucar de Barrameda earlish and made our way south taking the long way back home via Gibraltar for the Girls and Tarifa for Steve and I.
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Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus). |
We dropped Jayne and Lynn off at the border and then drove over to the Raptor watch point called Cazalla which is just East of Tarifa, there were just a few people there as it is still early in the migration season and the birds were equally thin in the air but we did manage 2♀ or Immature
Montagu's Harriers (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), several of both
Booted (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus) and
Short-toed Eagles (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus), 1x of both
Honey (Aberjero Europeo / Pernis apivorus) and
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), several
Griffon (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and 2x immature and 1x adult
Egyptian Vultures (Alimoche Común / Neophron percnopterus), both
Lesser (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni) and
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Black Kites (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) and the star bird amongst the raptors a
Lanner Falcon (Halcón Borní / Falco biarmicus) which was a fine addition to my Spanish List.
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Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus). |
We also had several 100 Common Swifts (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) coming through along with a few Pallid (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and a couple of flocks of White Storks (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia).
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Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus). |
After a few hours there we moved to a site nearer to Gibraltar where we were again lucky enough to find 1♂ and 2♀ Green Hooktail (Paragomphus genei) dragonflies, apart from being stunning looking insects these bueaties are extremely rare.
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Egyptian Vultures (Alimoche Común / Neophron percnopterus). |
In the same area we had
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii),
Violet (Trithemis annulata) and
Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi),
Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) and in a nearby field
Monarch (Danaus plexippus),
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria),
Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus),
Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus),
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas),
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) and
Small White (
Pieris rapae).
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Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus). |
Later we met Jayne and Lynn again and we travelled back to Huétor where we stopped at one of the many tapas bars and had a couple of drinks and something to eat after a successful trip.
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Green Hooktail (Paragomphus genei) male. |
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Green Hooktail (Paragomphus genei) male. |
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Green Hooktail (Paragomphus genei) female. |
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Green Hooktail (Paragomphus genei) female. |
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Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata). |
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Grasshopper Species needing a name. |
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