Arroyo Marin, Archidona, Malaga Province, Spain.

A few hours with Lynn and Steve.

Ebird List for Arroyo Marin, 39 Species.

Female nest building Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata).

After an early morning doctor's appointment I headed over to a spot near Villanueva del Rosario where Lynn and Steve were staying, from there we headed up into Archidona where we had some breakfast before dropping down into the Arroyo Marin Valley and after parking we walked just over 4 KM to the point where the main track stops.

Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) the male supervisor.

Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli) several seen in full song.

Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli).

Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus) also in full song.

On the way there and back we saw some nice species including Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Common Cuckoo (Cuco Común / Cuculus canorus), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Great Spotted (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major) and Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus), Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus), Bonelli's (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli), Cetti's (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),  Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus).

Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri).

Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri).

Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri).

Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina).

Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina).

We also had several species of butterfly which included 20+ Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina), 20+ Western Dappled (Euchloe crameri), Large White (Pieris brassicae) x4 and Small White (Pieris rapae) x15, Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) x8, Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) x4, Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x2, Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x2, Adonis (Lysandra bellargus) x1, Lorquin's (Cupido lorquinii) x2, Long-tailed (Lampides baeticus) x1 and Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina) x4, Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera) x2, Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) x2, Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes) x2 and Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua) x10+.

Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenodes).

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi).

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi).

Steve photographing the Hairstreak.

Orchids included Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea), Small Woodcock (Ophrys picta), Sawfly (Ophrys tenthredinifera), Mirror (Ophrys speculum), Somber Bee (Ophrys fusca / foresteri / lupercalis), Man (Orchis anthropophora) and Dense-flowered Orchid (Neotinea maculata).

Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea).

Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum).

Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys fusca / foresteri / lupercalis).

Small Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys picta).

Small Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys picta).

Some of the many Wild flowers seen were Brown Bluebell (Dipcadi serotinum), Cloven Petalled Campion (Silene colorata), Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum carinatum), Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis), Common Stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium), Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) and Rough Poppy (Papaver hybridum), Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis), Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis), Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Grey-leaved Cistus (Cistus albidus), Laurel leaf Cistus (Cistus laurifolius), Ground-pine Germander (Teucrium pseudochamaepitys), Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba), Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), Lesser Snapdragon (Misopates orontium), Mallow-leaved Convolvulus (Convolvulus althaeoides), Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum), Neapolitan Garlic (Allium neapolitanum), Pitch Trefoil (Psoralea bituminosa), Purple Bugloss (Echium plantagineum), Ronda Cranesbill (Geranium malviflorum), Rosy Garlic (Allium roseum), Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), Southern Knapweed (Centaurea pullata), Spring Cress (Arabis verna), Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum baeticum), Tassel Hyacinth (Leopoldia comosa), White Campion (Silene latifolia), White Mignonette (Reseda Alba), White Rockrose (Helianthemum apenninum), Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca), Wild Gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus),

Dense-flowered Orchid (Neotinea maculata).

Man Orchid (Orchis anthropophora).

Man Orchid (Orchis anthropophora).

We also heard Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Steve found a very nice Western Three-toed Skink (Chalcides striatus) which I think was new for me and we saw a couple of the large Egyptian Grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium).

White Campion (Silene latifolia).

Tragopogon angustifolius.

Western Three-toed Skink (Chalcides striatus).

Western Three-toed Skink (Chalcides striatus).

It was a nice walk and sure I have missed lots of the list, once we reached the car we returned to the place Lynn and Steve were stay and after a coffee I headed off again and finished off with some of the Asparagus and poached eggs. 

Nice evening meal.