A day visit to see Sue and Sam near Grazalema.
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Lobed Orb Weaver (Argiope lobata) underside. |
Jayne, Barb and I drove over to Sue and Sam's place to see them as it had been a long time since our last visit. On the way over we saw several Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) and Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).
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Lobed Orb Weaver (Argiope lobata) upperside. |
Once we arrived we spent quite a while chatting and having a drink before Sam and I went to look for some veg down at the end of the patch, on the way around the house and in the fields I saw Western Subalpine (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Western Orphean Warbler (Curruca Mirlano / Sylvia hortensis), Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster) which were passing over all day, Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Green (Pito Real / Picus viridis) and Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and a female Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus) which was passing through the garden.
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Wasp Spider (Arana Tigre / Argiope bruennichi) female. |
Later in the day we all went for a walk along a track nearby out into the area called La Rana on the way out we saw
Wasp Spider (Arana Tigre / Argiope bruennichi),
Lobed Orb Weaver (Argiope lobata), Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum),
Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera),
Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia),
Purple Hairstreak ( Quercus),
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina ssp hispulla),
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii),
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica),
Booted Eagle,
Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común /
Cyanistes caeruleus) and
Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater).
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Purple Hairstreak ( Quercus). |
When we got back from the walk Sue pointed out a nice Male
European Dwarf Mantis (Ameles spallanzania).
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Male European Dwarf Mantis (Ameles spallanzania). |
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