A walk looking for Butterflies and plants and then a sit by the puddle.
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Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes). |
I parked near the puddle and went for a walk back down towards the road looking for butterflies, almost straight away I found the first of several
Panoptes Blues (Pseudophilotes panoptes), a Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera),
Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua) and
Lorquin's Blue (Cupido lorquinii).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOx8QE-VHcmHcKPpLfAcD67k4aUrgiEtxv-oZHX036V8keVpkkT4TXiPDY1bzm9zz4lEBJgGLal1JuchrP6P4H6_XBWha7W-spSJGfHE3IoEMiVUZWCiG_HUomHlDpxq0EopTNKIE7Yb0/w640-h512/7th-May-21-23.jpg) |
Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes). |
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Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas). |
There were a few birds around as well, several Common Chaffinches (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) were calling up in the pines along with a nice male Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) which was , Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes).
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Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri). |
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Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius). |
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Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius). |
On my bad up through the Almonds and on the slope I also found
Western Dappled (Euchloe crameri) and
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius),
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) and
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8K5BSvz9WZ1QD2Lc9guIHkLqAmJWUzElBjtQE-3adkYKmczX4B5_f4Zn1nRHk07hZx6ege0P2SYNJOArSGody7lp_w16TGcGjh7HRtiYxGMjkjwBAKP-wtNOjiICk6H6jS4d5o5IcG8/s16000/7th-May-21-25.jpg) |
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina). |
On the slopes I found good clumps of both Red (Phlomis purpurea) and Yellow Phlomis (Phlomis lychnitis), Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum), Garden Anchusa (Anchusa azurea) as well as a mating pair of Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) .![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnxH7_2EkztBGrH4uj2wHkpf_ghyphenhyphengMtfMjBb-Fa8NfzZfsQWeddiJmg9QJ9InQJdUM3MjQr0qlxaDo6RFrcc7mkedNDtf9jk8b5LF992cTx_6bqegejxD5h7unYe7-1yhFDHH5tP8-tA/w640-h604/7th-May-21-19.jpg) |
Black-eyed Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops). |
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Black-eyed Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops). |
I walked back up towards the car and then on past where I found a smart Black-eyed Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops) along side
Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus), Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra),
Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) and
Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgxYYU9J_C0vYuhrWg7x9kX3miCorYG5Jv1riA6VY_mra3_fAxZwtNsGdpYNSUV3hoGkAM4mDDvKpUdKdIzHkA5tI2x5bWKZFazaJzbRc3_QQmM8RacIi3PWwHVpzEtjSIsyGyWr5bpU/w640-h572/7th-May-21-27.jpg) |
Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus). |
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Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus). |
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Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe). |
As I walked on I heard and saw Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia),
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) and
Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-UJziKvMKsVt_ksO9H7cQWYSVHkEn28wK22_Ft1xXnn6eVpFoG1EyL6nJb_LGhMYH3dJQzsbR-2MggMFhJByJLeMHgUdrYZb58vwb8x87H7VUvVgEbKR3TuPI8aI7UWJTI4L2noc0Lc/w640-h498/7th-May-21-33.jpg) |
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) male. |
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Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) female.
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Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) male.
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I returned to the car and parked by the puddle again but due to the much higher temperature today things were much quieter and I only managed shots of Common Chaffinch and Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) but had views of a male Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura) which dropped in for a few seconds but it disappeared as quickly.
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