An important bit of painting and then later some butterflies again.
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Sad Hill.
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I got up at Santi and Howard's and after a good breakfast Santi and I got a few bits done in the garden before we drove up to Sad Hill where part of the film the Good, the Bad and the Ugly was filmed and had a walk down to the spot where Jayne's Post was to give it a new coat of paint.
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An artist in action.
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On the way we saw loads of
French Lavender (Lavandula stoechas),
Spotted Rockrose (Tuberaria guttata), a
Silene species which still needs naming along with
Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris).
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Where the Gun Fight took place.
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One of the locals.
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After a soggy search we found Santi's and Jayne's Posts and Santi got to work with the paint brush, as strange as it sounds I felt much closer to Jayne here than anywhere back in the UK.
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Spotted Rockrose (Tuberaria guttata). |
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Silene Species.
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Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). |
We spent a while having a wonder around looking at the different Grave markers before we headed back down to the house, on the way we saw 15+
Cardinal Fritillaries (Argynnis pandora),
Iberian Marbled White (Melanargia lachesis),
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua),
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei),
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGav-vG3WTqLyphCW39EImCllx9Mgo7uTkyqrckCvSmXkR8xAlt-PiarF50iUxBMsf9IsjWCtfg8K07DKXyBd0ZZk1QMdVruiC7VRhtn3cXKk4UOqd2L3870auclqTHkGybZippsod_lA/w640-h518/23rd-June-21-17.jpg) |
Cardinal Fritillary (Argynnis pandora). |
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Cardinal Fritillary (Argynnis pandora). |
We got back to the house and had some lunch and then later I headed out for a couple of hours in the area around La Yecla area, I first spent quite a while watching a pair of Red-backed Shrikes (Alcaudón Dorsirrojo / Lanius collurio) which were feeding a nest of youngsters in a Hawthorn bush a 100 meters away from the road.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhhVYuWQ0DJJadyDKhx4iXPS1s6Bq10P2-B6qa5mrYKOKo606VyJhp_gtxQnmTgTNNVWWF205cCG4dkKxVV_pwYTabcfPu4F0Sbg7P5ccIyrIEp4E3n5J_-u6FJmmLRYeg912Jpw2RpI/w640-h624/23rd-June-21-19.jpg) |
High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe). |
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High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe). |
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Iberian Marbled White (Melanargia lachesis). |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lbH33SnAkP_Q3GjZ1dvRqxsWbP03IJ3UpdspHgVw02fLtl2n8q8zGaKVdZNqhswecGkLlHjXY4SLHQXHsZqqH3gcqwsrRlTNecFp2zj_oIwj9j9pQJ7H7ouH44cwtVeELWkRpBAdv3w/w640-h562/23rd-June-21-20.jpg) |
Escher's Blue (Agrodiaetus escheri). |
On the second meadow area there were lots of Robust Marsh Orchids (Dactylorhiza elata) and smaller numbers of Pyramidal (Anacamptis pyramidalia), Bee (Ophrys apifera) and Woodcock Orchids (Ophrys Scolopax).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJCSvyk4forpHCtWzk_bQ4BhM026fQQ0uUdAP0ghBuJVNsbRdCeHHFsws3TeRUTa4BGXwD_MEnrNWJWGzZa68vaAnoGVuuCZogGy9La6gyE5KtUqR-aV5vMSqSzlHMTUee8KE1diV-uI/w640-h468/23rd-June-21-3.jpg) |
Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo). |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sSRdAAfAngB9e_4VU-Vz0hy3oyGhuybP_7M3hclEbfNLbmGscXNDkIsbtaxjEvFKJ6phyEJhrGcYW-vyik2w22F-2-ROhVoIY3grZUGPz5mrA2YVctdyDSkn6l4EHZ6O2dp1j-KsD5U/w640-h464/23rd-June-21-4.jpg) |
Comma (Polygonum c-album). |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RhtUPUD_gEjcMFIijuN3hVN8nP7g9V1wX8gV9_1kCEWsFPKluLKu7U4VwcTNm_jPghRsL8uWvuf4X5cQbL4OHCg_oqo-vPUlCETeOo1tnPYHyBqByDdyteT03o1GQBiNF4g-ESK-H8c/w640-h560/23rd-June-21-21.jpg) |
Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus). |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeYEkpb6wrt2yWINByAxiJxv8IIel-JWbrNKHRmk2cslngXRLk9l7maocbrU0RY-VCL7jcvnWCGa4hZgTkHtCpzAaS7mZXKQnYVouNNZdzVfFK4kq9U14UUCyiW_GTa-DWFudNDLvK1U/w640-h462/23rd-June-21-22.jpg) |
Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus). |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWB9lzMPjsOaGot0hZrIaqRlb2iidKKmcYM1YjfHRPjq1kA6QYQGNEJxk9GJi-CufFkJdqCYy6U3373ZHZSIfCBwbXtPmdFwl7u57uTQD_E5AqjBZwXjuRIfxV0YBrMpFmu81XXFqJ2g/w640-h492/23rd-June-21-23.jpg) |
Grayling (Hipparchia semele),
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In the same area I also had male and female Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo), Comma (Polygonum c-album),
Common Blue (Polyommatus celina), Grayling (Hipparchia semele),
Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) and
Small White (
Pieris rapae).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChSELzn6-YvxcgJjtyUseAYSpF6qe8Of-Ia_NctCq8EZV4d5PXwRlfe0PWX01s_QNXtNCBBwFf1KoGRkBnFGRNEF_rrne6vYtMCv5MKz859SgHZ183O4DxP9QhUAOlhYt2lnGVIZPOhA/w640-h512/23rd-June-21-24.jpg) |
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella). |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvPY2AtEIQkEIZFmkuaM50FaMacrdh6PJMkVaC-2GLlAovDmdZinESZF1ExeX_gIytC4cs5GiZ2FmgVmHFaNG0yrSIxquT-2t9Hs1XkYJ20hKHCMhANwwGY8ofNIKsKEFRYSrJ0Y9efY/w640-h466/23rd-June-21-25.jpg) |
Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa). |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqH1tPheeoyqcu_Y6EfGHtIivDHmEotXtZr-S8dfnxcNmmmNpzyAzlJgM9Nv-ARyZ_PySFG1ntwlh75B4t-EbiObNzZtZdd_EKxfIp-Q9fBKTLYpsJ-NAtdIf8GXJKEuyhrSe2MvvOA40/w640-h436/23rd-June-21-26.jpg) |
Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii). |
I got back to the car and as I did yesterday I checked out the water deposit where I found a male
Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa), Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii) and Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoWus7WdErP5LYUxUz2M2TuKjuje_9Qa_f-nIWhOI-awqA7wjdg75KYXcx0iVhivVecurot2X1k1xbQDPYvy3JQ3ZXsJiuIaEIxq3lwqN4IWTASpcjbIAmD0DR2TCA78TDE99_L87XaI/w640-h404/23rd-June-21-5.jpg) |
Roe Deer (Corzo / Capreolus capreolus). |
My last stop of the day was by the small pools in the boggy area just along the same road where I didn't find anything except for the
Robust Marsh Orchids again and then a
Roe Deer (Corzo / Capreolus capreolus) which flushed from a couple of Hawthorns.
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