Hacho, Granada Province, Spain.

Doing the early morning Moth Counts with Dave Grundy.

Moth Records for the 26th March 24.

4x 2Watt LED, +7.

Ebird List for Cerro Hacho.

One of the trap sites.

Dave and I headed up to Hacho just after 07:00 to count the Moths that had come into the lights of the 4 traps set up, species for the morning included 0663 Trichophaga bipartitella x1, 1655 Ethmia bipunctella (Bugloss Ermine) x3, 4298 Aethes moribundana x1, 4598 Aphelia peramplana x1, 5539 Hellinsia coniodactylus x1, 5835 Epischnia asteris x1, 5850 Oxybia transversella x1, 6590 Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis x3, 6619 Uresiphita gilvata x1, 6775 Phyllodesma suberifolia x4, 7504 Watsonalla uncinula x6, 7564 Itame vincularia x14, 7581 Neognopharmia stevenaria x3, 7626 Toulgoetia cauteriata x2, 7725 Menophra japygiaria (Brassy Waved Umber) x2, 

10052 Panolis flammea (Pine Beauty).

8062 Scopula imitaria (Small Blood-vein).

7599 Perigune narbonea x32, 7806 Adactylotis gesticularia x14, 7882 Charissa mucidarius x80, 7926 Aspitates ochrearia (Yellow Belle) x10, 7932 Dyscia penulataria x4, 8059 Scopula marginepunctata (Mullein Wave) x17, 8062 Scopula imitaria (Small Blood-vein) x1, 8143 Idaea longaria x6, 8256 Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Garden Carpet) x2, 8265 Catarhoe basochesiata x1, 8280 Epirrhoe sandosaria x15, 8328 Nebula ibericata x107, 8490 Eupithecia irriguata (Marbled Pug) x1, 8578 Eupithecia abbreviata (Brindled Pug) x1, 8579 Eupithecia dodoneata (Oak Tree Pug) x1, 8581 Eupithecia cocciferata x5, 8587 Eupithecia oxycedrata x1, 8944 Autophila dilucida x1, 8965 Tyta luctuosa (Four-spotted Moth) x1, 9056 Autographa gamma (Silver Y) x2, 

5850 Oxybia transversella.

7626 Toulgoetia cauteriata.

9140 Eublemma ostrina (Purple Marbled) x3, 9243 Calophasia platyptera (Antirrhinum Brocade) x1, 9279 Cleonymia baetica x18, 9298 Metopoceras felicina x2, 9433 Caradrina clavipalpis (Pale Mottled Willow) x11, 9435/6 Caradrina noctivaga / flavirena x162, 9438 Caradrina flava x7, 9447 Caradrina ibeasi x3, 9522 Callopistria latreillei (Latreille's Latin) x5, 9593 Agrochola ruticilla x2, 10022 Mythimna l-album (L-Album Wainscot) x2, 10028 Mythimna sicula x14, 10052 Panolis flammea (Pine Beauty) x1, 10238 Peridroma saucia (Pearly Underwing) x5, 10342 Agrotis catalaunalis (Grouville Dart) x1, 10343 Agrotis puta puta (Shuttle Shaped Dart) x104, 10346 Dark Sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon) x1, 10347 Agrotis trux (Cresent Dart) x2 and 10351 Agrotis segetum (Turnip Moth) x18. 

9447 Caradrina ibeasi.

8280 Epirrhoe sandosaria.

5539 Hellinsia coniodactylus.

Other species seen were a group of male Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica) some of which were cracking heads, Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), Conical (Neotinea conica), Southern Early Purple Orchid (Orchis olbienis), Fan-lipped (Anacamptis collina), Mirror (Ophrys speculum), Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea), Sawfly (Ophrys tenthredinifera) and Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca), Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus), Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) and Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra).

Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum).

Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea).

Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera).

Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera).