Hoya de Baza, Granada Province, Spain.

Yet another dip on the Greenish Black-tip.

The Barranco.

Anna and Charles had seen the Greenish Black-tip (Euchloe bazae) a few days earlier, so I decided to give it a go on my way home.

Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe tagis).

I left La Caracola after an early Breakfast and arrived at the site near Baza just after 09:30 but things were not too good as it was pretty cloudy and quite windy but I found the one large Rosemary bush Anna had told me about and staked it out but unfortunately the target never arrived.

Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe tagis).

However during the 5 or so hours I was there or walking up and down the Barranco I did find several bird species including Thekla (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and Mediterranean / Lesser Short-toed Lark (Terrera Marismena / Calandrella rufescens), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Stock Dove (Paloma Zurita / Columba oenas), Western Subalpine (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa) and Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops). 

Small White (Pieris rapae).

Butterflies seen at the Rosemary bush and along the barranco included Small (Pieris rapae)  x13, Western Dappled (Euchloe crameri) x6, Portuguese Dappled (Euchloe tagis) x5, Bath (Pontia daplidice) x3 and Large White (Pieris brassicae) x2,  Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera), Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Rosy Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus onopordi) and Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera).

Small White (Pieris rapae).

Other species seen included and Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela maroccana),  Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), White Rockrose (Helianthemum apenninum), Shrubby Gromwell (Lithodora fruticosa), Barbary Nut (Moraea sisyrinchium), Common stork's bill (Erodium ciconium) and up by the road as I was leaving I found a single spike of Giant Orchid (Himanthoglosum Robertiana).

Rosy Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus onopordi).

It started to rain so I decided to head home, on the way I picked up Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone) and Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus).

Red-horned Poppy (Glaucium corniculatum).