A short morning walk to loosen the back and another during the afternoon.
Ebird List for the morning.
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False Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus tripolinus). |
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).
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False Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus tripolinus). |
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 corceua) x8,
False Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus tripolinus) x1,
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes) 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.
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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).
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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.