A morning on the edge of Granada City and then back on my patch which gave me a new Butterfly species.
Ebird List for the fields.
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Mandarin Duck (Pato mandarín / Aix galericulata) partly eclipse Male. |
I started the day with a drive up to Granada to get a boot load of logs but did a detour to a spot friend Juan had told me about for a
Mandarin Duck (Pato mandarín / Aix galericulata) which had been around for some time. |
Mandarin Duck (Pato mandarín / Aix galericulata) partly eclipse Male. |
I arrived and couldn't find it where it was expected so I walked further up stream into the City but found nothing, so on the way back I crossed the Rio Genil and walked back on the opposite side and soon found the target sat on a shelf in the stone wall with a female Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos).
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Mandarin Duck (Pato mandarín / Aix galericulata) partly eclipse Male. |
During the walk I also saw Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica),
Cetti's (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala),
Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and
European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys lupercalis). |
I returned to my car and then headed just down the road to Bobadilla for the logs and then I headed home before going up to Cerro Hacho to check on some Orchids, I parked and walked a shot way along the lower loop and soon found 5 spikes of
Fan-lipped Orchids (
Anacamptis collina) 2 of which were of the var. flavescens.
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Fan-lipped Orchids (Anacamptis collina) var. flavescens. |
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Fan-lipped Orchids (Anacamptis collina) var. flavescens. |
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Fan-lipped Orchids (Anacamptis collina). |
I also saw
Giant (Himanthoglosum Robertiana) and
Somber Bee Orchid (Ophrys
lupercalis),
Wild Grape Hyacinth (
Muscari neglectum), Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros),
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia) and
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki).
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Southern Small Whites (Pieris mannii). |
I dropped back to the house but decided to have a quick look at the fields but it was fairly quiet and I only recorded
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki),
Zitting Cisticola (Cistícola Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Gorrión Molinero / Passer montanus), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava),
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus),
Green-Striped (Euchloe belemia) x2,
Small White (
Pieris rapae) x4 and what I had thought were another pair of mating
Small Whites but it appears I got it wrong and was put right by friend Ed McKrill-Verstraeten (THANKS) who pointed out that they were actually
Southern Small Whites (Pieris mannii) a lifer species for me.
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