Cerro Hacho, Granada Province, Spain.

Part of the lower loop.

Ebird List.

Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus).

After getting the car through it's ITV (MOT) at the second attempt and a good visit to the Hospital I did some cleaning up on the terrace and then went for a walk around on Hacho once it had warmed up nicely. 

Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina).

Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina).

I parked down by the bins and then walked up past the quarry and down to the first junction, on the south facing slope near the car I found the first of quite a few Small Heaths (Coenonympha pamphilus), a female Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), several Western Dappled Whites (Euchloe crameri), 7926 Aspitates ochrearia (Yellow Belle) x2, Fan-lipped (Anacamptis collina) and Somber Bee Orchids (Ophrys fusca / foresteri), Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia), Common Asphodel (Asphodelus aestivus), Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna), Bellis microcephala, Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis), Amethyst Toadflax (Linaria amethystea), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).

As I came along side the quarry I picked up Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura), Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Giant Orchid (Himanthoglosum Robertiana), Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) and Wild Grape Hyacinth (Muscari neglectum).

Somber Bee Orchids (Ophrys fusca / foresteri).

Somber Bee Orchids (Ophrys fusca / foresteri).

Up around the pine woodlands and abandoned Almond groves there were good numbers of flowering Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis), more Fan-lipped, Somber Bee's and a few spikes of Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera) along with a soaring Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), 2x Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus), Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera), Large White (Pieris brassicae), Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), a single Comma (Polygonia c-album) and 3x Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus).

Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera).

I turned around and walked back down the hill to the car, on the way I heard a Eurasian Eagle Owl (Búho Real / Bubo bubo) calling several times from on the nearby crags. 

Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis).

Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis).