We started the day off with a walk through the pine woods and almost straight away we found good numbers of the beautiful Barton's Orchid (Dactylorhiza insularis) as well as quite a few over with Dense-flowered (Neotinea maculata) and a later nice population of the rarer Orchis Cazorlensis as we returned to the car.
As we walked on we saw and heard Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and
Long-tailed Tits (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus).
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Orchis Cazorlensis. |
During the walk around this woodland we also had
Mediterranean Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria),
Pitch Trefoil (Psoralea bituminosa),
Spotted Rock Rose (Tuberaria guttata), Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca),
Love-in-a-Mist (
Nigella damascena), Polygala boissieri,
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta),
Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia) and
Latticed Heath Moth (Chiasmia clathrata).
We moved on east to the Venta de Molinillo and along the Arroyo de Prado Negro where we walked just 800 meters but it took several hours whilst we searched for more butterflies. It was warming up and a few more species were on the wing including
Spanish Marbled White (Medioluto Inés / Melanargia ines),
Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli),
Knapweed (Melitaea phoebe),
Provençal (Melitaea deione) and
Queen of Spain Fritillaries,
Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychlorus),
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina ssp hispulla),
Spanish Gatekeeper (Lobito listado / Pyronia bathsheba),
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri),
Bath White (Blanqiverdosa / Pontia daplidice), my first
Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) in Granada Province,
Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera),
Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina),
Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera),
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas),
Small White (
Pieris rapae) and
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) which were all seen on the first meadow.
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Orchis Cazorlensis |
Birds seen during the walk included
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus) which we only heard,
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Rock (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia) and
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus) and several
Crag Martins (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris).
On the far meadows and along the Arroyo we had more butterfly species including both
Provence (Anthocharis euphenodes) and Common Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines),
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui),
Rosy Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus onopordi),
Wood White (
Leptidea sinapis) and
Clouded Yellow (Colias Común / Colias corcea).
We had a single
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) as well as a pair of
Hawfinch (Picogordo / Coccotraustes coccotrauetes) which flew up into some poplars just before a couple of
Golden Orioles also went into the same trees.
During the walk back we added
Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Subalpine (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Red-rumped Swallow
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Latticed Heath Moth (Chiasmia clathrata). |
(Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus viridis) and
Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus).
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Queen of Spain Fritillary. |
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Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia). |
We dropped back on to the motorway and stopped at the services on the way to Sierra de Alfacar where we had some lunch before checking out the area near to the Botanical gardens / arboretum where we walked a couple of tracks finding Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi),
Large Tortoiseshell,
Provence and
Common Orange-tip,
Wood White as well as a pair of
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus),
Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
Lizard (Himantoglosum hircinum),
Langes Orchids (Orchis langei),
Sword-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanatera longifolia) and some not in flower yet
Violet Limodore (Limodorum abortivum) Spikes.
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), |
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Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages). |
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Provençal Fritillary (Melitaea deione). |
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Provençal Fritillary (Melitaea deione). |
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Provençal Fritillary (Melitaea deione). |
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Rosy Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus onopordi). |
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Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula). |
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Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli). |
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Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera). |
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Rosy Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus onopordi). |
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Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera). |
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Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychlorus). |
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Common Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines). |
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Sword-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanatera longifolia). |
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Langes Orchid (Orchis langei). |
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Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes). |
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Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes). |
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