5 species of Orchid on the walk.
Second Lock down Day 46, released to Provincial area.
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Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus). |
Today I went for a walk around the loop of Hacho which took me around the quarry, as soon as I got out of the car I was being shouted at by a pair of
Crested Tits (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) which for some reason were not at all happy with me for being there so I parked a little further along the track just too keep them happy.
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Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus). |
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Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus). |
In the same area I also had a singing
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) and a singing Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tdrWkDP6ua8lZiEaRzhILXcyXTMnhJ4YhSbjzjHMdBdMe2eR3j1saT9BaSNkZRM_Xqd13TmQGQeaIk-r_3W2HbXhk8af9uHnP14KUFdOkb0EBfF7_k48cXY44AqS2p0Bq9O7vtGSm7M/w548-h640/2nd-Mar-21-2.jpg) |
Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum Robertiana). |
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum Robertiana). |
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum Robertiana). |
In the pine woods I spent quite a while taking pictures of several Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum Robertiana) spikes to show the different colour forms that were possible to see.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNujHPB260gHfe5Qq0YQsr8vtHJQpY7lEQ4XxjtiE2H0dTxAD3cpggvtEWMQp6aaKPPukJiJrMXEYYv1s224prubaVRBvfL6x7g4v8fAxRdVnNeMh45gRUzNyPA818EeNKqvOqUvDNULw/w478-h640/2nd-Mar-21-1.jpg) |
Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum Robertiana). |
Mixed in there I also found good numbers of Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri) which also showed a good variation as well.
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Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
In the pines I also heard or saw
Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).
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Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
I continued on around the loop and had a Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) land on the track so I dropped down to its level and was stretched out on the track when a poor guy on a mountain bike came screaming around the corner and found me lying there. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDhKVz0NIIY5m2Z8OwBf2pnP8QkTBummi_qfwleOylQdFCdPPL1F9WOZVe4B58AN0N78zlKXyy92swWN3UQlttIHomZ661e5fgkTJnqz_fSUe1A9VlC8igNS42q5E2PQyOulyW6AmFGY/w466-h640/2nd-Mar-21-16.jpg) |
Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
Thankfully he saw me quickly but unfortunately only had one option which was to bail into the track side bushes.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFIVuQGcs1lFhowy-0NA4v-N3RpXOM9000QUoe1tDe-len7KZN1X8adwSVHz6jy5LDliXnhnxTDaYmWqyloo0dGzSwpdhFmfl1X8AXO3LRDHrAleE-xcYIDqDp7ySBZQ4UHdQAvHS0NM/s16000/2nd-Mar-21-11.jpg) |
Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina). |
Thankfully the guy was OK and his bike was fine and he had a good sense of humor and came out of the bushes apologizing to me and laughing, he also spoke good English which helped to explain what I was doing and he then spent a while looking through my photo's on the back of the camera.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EPbcbSvOsfuAiCZZi4UBG4CpfEjxSXDWmHuOtYMEIMrfPBv83-1MmDohp2HO2jcKFx1dN00g06-WQuxLBP6iFoTVnhNrhHKAWach6MAR9RpBP4xJ9pdFDA_SJtdsM35nSbkayEe65Vk/s16000/2nd-Mar-21-12.jpg) |
Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina). |
Anyway after this near miss I continued on finding a very smart Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina) var. flavescens and a short way further on along the track I found several spikes of the more normal version of the Fan-lipped Orchid.
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Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina). |
Along the Northern side of the Quarry I picked up Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa).
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Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus). |
Along this side of the area I also found my first Southern Early Purple Orchids (Orchis olbienis), most were still in bud but I found a single plant with some open flowers, in the same area there were lots more Somber Bee Orchid as well as a few more Giants.
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Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis). |
I reached the end of the track and walked along the road down to the track back up to the car, on the way I added Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia), Field marigold (Calendula arvensis),
Henbit Deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule), Wild Grape Hyacinth (
Muscari neglectum) and my first Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uTy2YknKE0aiztiZckR-VdJQKiuAOkFY6a4tl3rdD-U430Fg5qIeb4cwTg7hRG1gRorEg8GITBnAJWNzIa3Ix-AJiFpj4NoumaFXkTUYKOpjZ8ZPZLGNXI3DI2KfRYI_gVSceEDT9Fg/w482-h640/2nd-Mar-21-15.jpg) |
Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera). |
I reached the car and the Crested Tits had moved along the road and gave me more abuse as I put my kit away, I then headed back home.
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