A day in the South West of the Province with Lynn and Steve.
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Lynn and Steve looking for dragonfly exuviae along the Rio Algar O Cacín. |
I met Lynn and Steve in the car park next to Mercodona and we headed south to the Sierra de Tejeda, we went around the Embalse de Bermejalis and the took the track from near Fornes which follows the Rio Algar O Cacín, just a short way along the newly concreted track / road to a pull off by the Rio and we parked.
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8787 Acronicta Rumicis (Knot Grass).
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We started by heading off down stream, Steve found a smart looking caterpillar of the 8787
Acronicta Rumicis (Knot Grass) which I am still trying to find a name for, in the same area we had
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and European Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Lophophanes cristatus),
Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
European Pied (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca) and Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti),
Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Eurasian Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea) and Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla) bird wise.
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) female.
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Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) female.
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Whilst we were walking Steve found several dragonfly exuviae, including ones from
Western Spectre (Boyeria Irene),
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) and |
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) female ID Steve Jones. |
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Western Spectre (Boyeria Irene) female ID Steve Jones. |
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Common Golden Ringed (Cordulegaster boltonii) female ID Steve Jones. |
As we walked we also saw Cardinal Fritillary (Argynnis pandora),
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria),
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator) and on the pool in the river near the car we added several Desert Darters (Sympetrum sinaiticum) and
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta).
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Looking back up stream as we returned to the car.
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Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum). |
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Desert Darters (Sympetrum sinaiticum). |
We drove further along the road and were surprised to find there was a new visitor's center which is a good thing but they have also stopped cars from going along the track so we parked and went for a walk around the gardens of the La Resinera, Arenas del Rey where we saw
Long-tailed (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus),
Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus) and Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala),
European Pied Flycatcher (Papamoscas Cerrojillo / Ficedula hypoleuca), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major) and
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteño / Emberiza cirlus).
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Old bridge over the Rio Algar O Cacín. |
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Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous). |
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Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus). |
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Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus).
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Insect wise we saw a couple of
Adonis Blues (Lysandra bellargus) x2, Lang's Short-tailed (Leptotes pirithous) x1,
Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) x4 and
Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina) x3,
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) x1,
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
x1, Mediterranean Scorpion (Escorpión Amarillo / Buthus Occitanus) x1,
European Hornet (Vespa crabro), Blue-winged (Oedipoda caerulescens) and Red-winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda germanica).
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Mediterranean Scorpion (Escorpión Amarillo / Buthus Occitanus). |
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Blue-winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens). |
We returned to the car and headed back along the track and on to another site along the Arroyo Turillas near the village of Jayena, after parking we checked the Arroyo, Steve found some
Western Willow Spreadwings (Lestres viridis) and then we also added
Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis), another Common Darter, Striped Grayling (
Hipparchia fidia) x2,
Lang's Short-tailed x1 and
Long-tailed Blue x4,
Clouded Yellow x1,
Large White (Pieris brassicae) x2, Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Eurasian Blue Tit,
European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
European Pied Flycatcher and Great Spotted Woodpecker.
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Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina) male.
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Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina) male. |
We returned to Jayena and had a drink before we headed back up towards Huétor, on the way we saw a couple of
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and further up the Cacín Valley we stopped at the Contra-Embalse de Cacín where we saw Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina),
Northern Shoveler (Cuchara Común / Spatula clypeata), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea). |
Western Willow Spreadwings (Lestres viridis). |
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Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) male.
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We reached Huétor and I said goodbye to Lynn and Steve and the we went on our way.
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