A short visit to the Sierra with Friends.
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Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua). |
I met Derek, Barbara, Ricky and Sonia at the Abades service area, I had met Derek and Barbara a week or so earlier but I had not seen Ricky and Sonia for quite a while so it was good to catch up.
In the same area we also had Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Black (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura) and Black-eared Wheatears (Collalba Rubia / Oenanthe hispanica), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa).
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Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae). |
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Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae). |
At this point I turned around and the others continued on down into the Hawthorn bushes and I dropped back to the next corner where I searched for Butterflies but found none.
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). |
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Lizard Orchid (Himanthoglosum hircinum). |
I drove further down and spent a while searching a small dell on the roadside find a few species of butterfly including Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas),
Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera), Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba),
Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius),
Southern Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus baeticus),
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris),
Queen of Spain (Issoria lathonia),
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), Spanish Marbled White (Melanargia ines),
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) and
Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina).
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Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) male.
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Black-eared Wheatear (Collalba Rubia / Oenanthe hispanica) female.
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In the same area I also found
Lizard Orchid (Himanthoglosum hircinum),
Paeonia broteri,
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium),
Ocellated Lizard (Timon lepidus),
Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum), Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops) and Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
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Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae). |
As I dropped back down to Loja I picked up
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki).
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Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator). |
On the way back home I crossed the fields seeing another Woodchat and several Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae).
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