Triple dip Day.
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Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
I drove over to Fuente de Piedra trying to see
Lesser Flamingo (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor) but knowing that it was dry I was not hopeful but I must admit I was surprised to see how dry it was in mid May.
Anyway on the drive in there was a small puddle left on the left where I saw
Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus) and Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDmL4MY9JiVeruuZgOYGN2tXi33IvlLSZyisM4TSCDsebQAriv7JkzovKDBCmA5-mWny-GB9D1cbcUwguAQOo5uQ4mUXWd9w5wj4UiOiBgax9zANCAkpKw0bJEfZ892Gn9EzYNmfVPBo/w640-h618/17th-May-21-6.jpg) |
Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina). |
I parked and walked up to the Mirador where I checked the tiny area of water in the main lake finding 30 or so Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), a single White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia) and
Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna) also in the scrub around the mirador I saw and heard
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus).
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Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi). |
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Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi). |
I moved on around to the first hide looking over the fresh water pool, here I found good numbers of
Red-crested (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina) and
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), a fly through
Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgbxU5eS6flamexdlxJAPE44SMslMznTC6x1A_E9Vk-savUdAuHHLuBQpzuGIHLXVDMfn2-ZE934zkKwPzXFlvIW982mCDC-H3Ie03EgL_EdW4MOs5USpKvCx1r8CAIWBvXKvuz9rbh8/w640-h538/17th-May-21-10.jpg) |
Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina). |
I walked to the second hide but I only managed to add Gadwall (Anade Friso / Anas strepera), Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and a singing Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8uPTMZEkZzkaPxozQwLhyphenhyphenm9iu68CPcmHlq9l-AINt2Eb6n_fX6kcaoCoIHFVxz6lRk1yzJcDnLtgQ8b0Von0kdlUvDA0FUJTz6Atr-3mtd3YwKREnRr-SeGpBlK1jcft-D9rdoIeaGQ/w640-h516/17th-May-21-11.jpg) |
Lorquin's Blue (Cupido lorquinii). |
I walked back to the Mirador hearing a singing Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus) before I dropped down on to the lower path and walked back around to the car finding Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Gull-billed Tern (Pagaza Piconegra / Gelochelidon nilotica), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina) and Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis).
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Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathsheba). |
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Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathsheba). |
I reached the car and went to my second dip of the day not far from the town of Mollina, I was looking for the Rufous Bush Robins (Alzacola / Cercotrichas galactotes) which regularly summer in the area but for the first time I did not hear or see any of the pairs in the area. I did see
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans),
Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Pallid (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) and
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) and
Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major).
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Weevil Species.
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I again moved on, this time to an area at the Western end of the El Torcal ridge where I spent a very nice couple of hours chasing butterflies but again missed the main target False Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes abencerragus) as I think I was a week or so late. However I did find Black-veined (Aporia crataegi),
Bath (Pontia daplidice),
Spanish Marbled (Melanargia ines) and
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas),
Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathsheba),
Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera),
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris),
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), Lorquin's (Cupido lorquinii), Adonis (Lysandra bellargus) and Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina) and
Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua).
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Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum). |
Wild flowers included
Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Wild Gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus),
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum), False Saw-wort (Crupina vulgaris), Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum),
Ground-pine Germander (Teucrium pseudochamaepitys),
Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), Large Blue Flax (Linum narbonense),
Ronda Cranesbill (Geranium malviflorum),
Southern Knapweed (Centaurea pullata),
Mallow-leaved Convolvulus (Convolvulus althaeoides),
Ornithogalum narbonense,
Red (Phlomis purpurea) and
Yellow Phlomis (Phlomis lychnitis) and Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca).
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8045 Scopula ornata (Lace border). |
Other species seen included 6843
Macroglossum stellatarum (Humming-bird Hawk-moth),
8045 Scopula ornata (Lace border), Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Spectacled Warbler (Curruca Tomillera / Sylvia conspicillata),
Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis) and on the drive back home
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).
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