SIERRA de LOJA.

Thursday, 16 November 2017

Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

An hour or so in the garden hide.
 
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) female.
Later in the day I set the hide up and managed some shots of Eurasian Blackcaps (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) and House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus). I also heard and saw Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), European Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), European Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Eurasian Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus), Eurasian Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes) and a male Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum).
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) male.
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) female.
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) male.
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) male.
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) female.

Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Moth Records for the 15th December 2017.
15W Actinic on the terrace.
4 Moth of 4 Species.
Any corrections, PLEASE send me a comment on the post, thanks.

Allophyes alfaroi.
The moth trap produced just 4 moths of 4 species, they included a new insect Allophyes alfaroi x1 along with Agrochola lychnidis (Beaded Chestnut) x1, Nebula ibericata x1 and Rhodometra sacraria (The Vestal) x1.
Agrochola lychnidis (Beaded Chestnut).