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Friday 7 April 2023

Near Realenga de Agicampe, Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

A short morning walk to loosen the back and another during the afternoon.
Ebird List for the morning.

False Mallow / Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus tripolina / alceae).
I got up, took some pain killers and then once they had started to take away the pain a bit I went to try and walk it off, I set off up the hill and then back again, interesting species included European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) and Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra).
False Mallow / Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus tripolina / alceae).
I spent most of the day up on the Terrace sat in one of the straight backed hard chairs which helped the back greatly, later in the afternoon I went for a stroll out into the Olives, once I cross the dry barranco I started to see a few butterflies including Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x8, False Mallow / Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus tripolina / alceae) x1, Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides) x1, Small White (Pieris rapae) x1, Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) x6, Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri) x1, Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina) x2 and Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera) x1.
Rough Poppy (Papaver hybridum).
As I walked I also saw
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Iberian  Magpie, Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and Rough Poppy (Papaver hybridum).
Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera).
I dropped down to the
Arroyo Vilano, just over the Mesia road to see if there were any Dragons on the wing yet but there were not but I had a single Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) as well as Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) and singing Nightingales. I returned to the house and to the terrace.

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