Birds on the patch and then a search for butterflies nearer to Granada.
Ebird List for Huétor Fields, 26 Species.
Ebird List for Torreón de Albolote, 23 Species.
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Small White (Pieris rapae). |
I popped down and checked the fields before heading up towards Granada, I parked at my usual spot and the scanned the trees in the Lucerne fields finding Montagu's Harrier (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus), four Black-winged Kites (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) 3x immatures and an adult, Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) x2, European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) x10, Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) and Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).
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Small White (Pieris rapae). |
I decided to head up to a spot near to Granada in Pine Woodlands that surround Torreón de Albolote where I was looking for the rare Spanish Zephyr Blue (Kretania hespericus) but even though I found plenty of the food plant
Astragalus alopecuroides but no butterflies.
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Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra). |
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Astragalus alopecuroides. |
Whist I was there I found
Small (
Pieris rapae) x6,
Large (Pieris brassicae) x2 and Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri) x1,
Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathsheba) x7,
Long-tailed Blue (Lampides baeticus) x3, Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra) x1,
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) x1,
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) x3 and
Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius) x1.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoJtq3Q-r7Kxv_9fTgIeGgFqTA1raj_-TqvgS1YUUPqGS-ELW1cV80tN0hJMZyTTcJJqO6yK5ZCGp1GkUqnRpavw114bhOI7RUMtnDaA6-LObN8YOKCb2sdzP14Txn28V1i87DOZHHtEftv4gASUZhFAZWmGerAhLu1V8ilPcMRSsT0imMBr2t9Ke4Zc/w640-h554/17th-May-24-8.jpg) |
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas). |
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Antirrhinum hispanicum. |
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Helianthemum cinereum ????
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Bladder Senna (Colutea arborescens). |
Other species included
Bladder Senna (Colutea arborescens), Antirrhinum hispanicum, Helianthemum cinereum ???
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli), Iberian Magpie,
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Turtle Dove,
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and a day time calling Scops Owl (Autillo Europeo / Otus scops).
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Dusty arrival of the desert makers.
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Clearing the vegetation.
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