Short walk along the Lucerne fields.
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Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina). |
I parked and walked up stream for a short way looking for Butterflies on the thistle plants finding several
Meadow Browns (Maniola jurtina),
Bath Whites (Pontia daplidice),
Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina),
Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea) and
Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera).
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Bath White (Pontia daplidice). |
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Bath White (Pontia daplidice). |
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Bath White (Pontia daplidice). |
There were also quite a few Carpentor Bees (Xylocopa violacea) nectering on the Thistles as well as another unknown beast.
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Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea). |
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Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera). |
As I walked I also saw Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).
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One needing a name.
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Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator). |
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