A day of Butterflies and Orchids, with a few odds and ends thrown in.
Trip Total Day Two, Birds 103, Butterflies 36, Dragonflies 9.
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White Admiral (Limenitis camilla) a Spanish Lifer.
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After a 3+ hours 40 winks yesterday afternoon and a good nights sleep I was awake at 06.00 so I packed and headed off north, or at least I tried but I am sure the young lady in may sat-nav took me on the long route to my first stop just to the West of Jaca.
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Spanish Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra albicans) male.
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| Spanish Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra albicans) female. |
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| Spanish Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra albicans) female. |
On the way there I started the list with
Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Black (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) and
Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica),
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea) and a flock of Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).
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| Southern Heath Fritillary (Melitaea nevadensis). |
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| Dark-green Fritillary (). |
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| Dark-green Fritillary (). |
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| Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia). |
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| Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia). |
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| Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia). |
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| Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia). |
I arrived at my first stop of the day which was a wooded area by a river just to the West of Jaca, I parked and straight away I noted masses of
Marbled Whites (Melanargia galathea) 100+,
Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania) 50+, Epipactis helleborine (Thanks to Manuel Becerra Parra for the confirmation),
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalia), Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) and
Catananche caerulea. |
| Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra). |
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| Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra). |
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| Spanish Purple Hairstreak (Laeosopis roboris). |
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| Spanish Purple Hairstreak (Laeosopis roboris). |
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| Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania). |
I walked down along the river and found my first Spanish White Admiral (Limenitis camilla) x1,
Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera) x8,
Wood (
Leptidea sinapis) x3 and
Small White (
Pieris rapae) x2,
Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba) x25+,
Spanish Purple Hairstreak (Laeosopis roboris) x1,
Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina) x5,
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x2 and
Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra) x8.
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Epipactis helleborine.
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| Epipactis helleborine. |
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| Epipactis helleborine. |
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| Epipactis helleborine. |
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| Epipactis helleborine. |
Bird wise I saw
Western Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita) and Eurasian Jay (Arrendajo Euroasiático / Garrulus glandarius)
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| Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalia). |
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| Beetle on Catananche caerulea. |
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Beetles on Scabious.
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Owlfly Species.
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Burnet Moth species on Scabious.
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I continued on along the track and out on to a large meadow near the road adding
Southern Heath (Melitaea
nevadensis),
Marsh (Euphydryas aurinia) x1 and
Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe), Small (Thymelicus sylvestris) and
Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus), Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) and European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).
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| Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium ilicis). |
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| Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina). |
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| Rock Grayling (Hipparchia alcyone). |
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| Robust Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza elata). |
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| Robust Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza elata). |
I walked up the road passing the car and then took a track along side the river, here I found 6 spikes of
Robust Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza elata),
Dark-green Fritillary () x4,
Rock (Hipparchia alcyone) x1 and
Great Banded Grayling () x6 and around some abandoned farm buildings at the end of the track a couple of
Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium ilicis) and
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) x2.
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| Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus). |
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| Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus). |
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| Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli). |
I turned around and walked back a short way and then up on to the road where I continued on away from the car for a short distance adding
Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia),
Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli),
Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta),
Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus) and Eurasian Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea). |
| Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris). |
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| Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris). |
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| Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris). |
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| Bug Orchid (Anacamptis coriophora). |
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| Bug Orchid (Anacamptis coriophora). |
In the same area new species for the day included
Small Blue (Cupido minimus) x1
, Chalk Hill Blue () x1,
Bug Orchid (Anacamptis coriophora), Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia),
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla) before I headed up to my camp site for the night at Ansó where I spent the rest of the day in the bar doing this blog post and having a beer or four so I hope there aren't too may mistakes.
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| Small Blue (Cupido minimus). |
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| Chalk Hill Blue (). |
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