A walk around the lower loop looking for Orchids.
Ebird List, 32 Species of Bird and 6 Orchids.
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Giant Orchid (Himanthoglosum Robertiana). |
I parked up by the Quarry and and did the loop in a clock-wise direction, starting by having a look at the
Giant Orchids (Himanthoglosum Robertiana) in amongst the Pines, I have no idea how many there are in the area but just in this patch I counted 90 flowering spikes and there must have been 5x as many blind rosettes.
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Giant Orchid (Himanthoglosum Robertiana). |
In this area I also saw
Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri),
Wild Grape Hyacinth (
Muscari neglectum), Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and Long-tailed Tits (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major) and as I started to approach the Puddle I had several
Common Crossbills (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) fly over.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJyE7bVy49mZLUq5ey9Oiv1x0qw5cW2wWf106lBvqeqCLwro3i9G9I76EB_eZIqa2JtGsNqLCuO19ig9PuBl8gRsVY4GTkIUwVaexd4zerRlm0GPBrTJBUTtVQ8ZL1aK-x-ZUHFDQLLWAeLb9iCS9vkKgRmtgNYGKVpKtLojHODr-8phL-NtcysLUs=w640-h596) |
Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
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Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri). |
As I walked on I found Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia), Conical Orchid (
Neotinea conica), Fan-lipped (
Anacamptis collina) and
Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis) first of the year,
Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua),
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Cirl (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus) and
Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia) and
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes).
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Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina). |
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Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina) var. flavescens. |
As I started to drop down towards the road I could hear a
Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea) singing,
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) and a double spike of the Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina) var. flavescens.
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Conical Orchid (Neotinea conica). |
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Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis). |
As I walked along the road and then back up to the car I added
Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis),
Erophila verna, Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis) and Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0BfEXyp_nzvU58AdQujlZiYQv3FA598HD3kgskDg4TkOYHZusBztAwNyIy_vbvkquY89ROT4_tQImwFQcp-LFS3Fpc3agyj91IIbyrCAXYQfcEC079YsBazgbzac2WAZqcNnJkovqwQnI_eLv6SnshkLEMII56naLg63_11LLxynCeu_JkGf-sea6=s16000) |
Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum). |
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