A morning with friends Barbara and Derek and then some Orchid Hunting.
Ebird List for Zapata, 45 Species.
Ebird List for Rio Grande, 39 Species.
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| Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon). |
I met Barbara and Derek near Zapata and we went down to their local patch and did some birding, on the drive in to the site we saw a pale morph
Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia) and
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto).
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| Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon). |
At the first spot by the weir we added to the list with
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Green (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius),
Western Cattle (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) and
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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| Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius). |
Next we crossed the lower Weir and parked just a little bit further up stream where Derek and I went for a short walk and added
Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius),
Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), 4 more Little Grebes, Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major). |
| Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator). |
Next we checked out a rather smelly concrete storm drain, we saw a flock of 20 odd Siskin (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala)
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua)
and a Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus). |
A practice for the Malaga Crash combine, 3x major foams and an RIV involved.
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Our final stop was on the reed filled river near the end of Malaga Ariport Runway where we spent a while checking the crossing point where the reeds have been cleared and found
Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), my first Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) of the year,
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) and a couple of
Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon).
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Rio Grande.
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On the way off the site we saw Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
a single Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo) before we headed to Restaurante El Tardón, I think that was the right place for breakfast.
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| Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia). |
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| Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia). |
Later we headed out to the Rio Grande and did a drive east to where it meets the Rio Guadalhorce and then back west as far as the large pipe bridge and then back, new species seen on the drive included Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Great Egret (Garceta Grande / Egretta alba), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Meadow (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), 6x
Water Pipits (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta) and a couple of noisy Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi). |
Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta) 1 of 6.
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I said goodbye to Barbara and Derek and headed up to a quarry site near Coin where I was looking for some Orchids, I found several spike of the uncommon Two-leaved Gennaria (Gennaria diphylla) but little else so I moved on to Refugio de Jaunar area where I was looking for the very local
Ophrys alpujata, I found 2 spikes, a single Italian Man Orchid (Orchis Italica) and several groups of
Narcissus cuatrecasasii.
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| Two-leaved Gennaria (Gennaria diphylla). |
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| Two-leaved Gennaria (Gennaria diphylla). |
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| Two-leaved Gennaria (Gennaria diphylla). |
Other species seen there included Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas),
Large Psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus), Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) and
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs). |
Narcissus cuatrecasasii.
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| Ophrys alpujata. |
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| Ophrys alpujata. |
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| Ophrys alpujata. |
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| Ophrys alpujata. |
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| Italian Man Orchid (Orchis Italica). |
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| Italian Man Orchid (Orchis Italica). |
Again I moved on and stopped briefly at a spot on the way to Sierra de Mijas but saw nothing new, I parked at the start of the track and walked an area I have walked many times and found several good species of Orchid which included Fan-lipped (
Anacamptis collina),
Pink Butterfly (Orchis papilionacea), Sawfly (Ophrys tenthredinifera),
Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys Scolopax) as well as a couple of interesting Hybrids Ophrys x
Peltieri and Ophrys x
castroviejoi. |
| Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera). |
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| Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys Scolopax). |
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