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Monday, 25 March 2024

Cubillas Reservoir, Granada Province, Spain.

Out birding with Juan Perez.
Ebird List for Cubillas, 29 Species.

Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla) in heavy rain.
I met Juan at a spot near Embalse del Cubillas, on the way in I was pleased to see that the Embalse was almost full but today we were birding along the river a little was passed the main Res.
Ophrys dyris.
Ophrys dyris.
Ophrys dyris.
Ophrys dyris.
Ophrys dyris.
We met and walked up and down the road seeing Wryneck (Torcecuello / Jynx torquilla), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Large White (Pieris brassicae) and Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea).
Hybrid Ophrys x juarezeii.
Hybrid Ophrys x juarezeii.
After a while Juan headed off, I stayed until it started to rain quite heavily then headed around to the other side of the Lake where I checked the Pine woodlands for Orchids, as I walked I found Somber Bee (Ophrys lupercalis) x60+, Sawfly (Ophrys tenthredinifera) x75+, Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea) x15+, several spikes of  Ophrys dyris x9+, and what I think is the hybrid Ophrys x juarezeii x 4 which has the parents Dyris and lupercalis.

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