A walk in the Sierra.
Deb and Ian, Day Thirty Two.
Ebird List for Sierra Nevada.
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Looking up to Veleta. |
We drove up through Granada and up to the Hoya De La Mora car park where after having a coffee in the Albergue Universitario de Sierra Nevada we went for a walk along the road to the Estación de esquí Sierra Nevada which was just slightly under 5KMs away.
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Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe). |
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Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe). |
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Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe). |
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Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe). |
On the way up we saw lots of
Northern Wheatears (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe) including a slightly oddly plumage bird, Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Linnet (Pardillo Común / Linaria cannabina), Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui),
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae),
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas),
Carpentor Bee (Xylocopa violacea) and Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica).
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Spanish Ibex (Cabra montés / Capra pyrenaica hispanica). |
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Displaying Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe). |
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Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus). |
Around the Ski Center we picked up
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus),
House (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and
Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia),
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax), a very smart male
Common Rock Thrush (Roquero Roja / Monticola saxatilis) and cracking pair of
Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana). |
Common Rock Thrush (Roquero Roja / Monticola saxatilis). |
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Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana). |
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Ortolan Bunting (Escribano Hortolano / Emberiza hortulana). |
Plants seen included Mediterranean Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria),
Linaria oblongifolia,
Ranunculus acetosellifolius and
Draba hispanica subsp hispánica.
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Tawny Pipit (Bisbita Camprstre / Anthus campestris). |
We returning to the car and heading back to the house via Hostal Restaurante Los Puentes where we had a drink and some food, on the way down we saw a couple of
Rock Sparrows (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia) just below the car park.
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Rock Sparrows (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia). |
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Rock Sparrows (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia). |
At the hotel we unexpectedly bumped into friend Dave Grundy who was up in the area surveying the Moths, whilst we chatted we saw Andalucian Wall Lizard (Podarcis vaucheri) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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Virgen de las Nieves (2600 m). |
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Observatorio del Mojón del Trigo. |
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Some snow below Veleta. |
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Deb and Ian on the slopes. |
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Ian in the Snow. |
We said goodbye to Dave and headed off home via Mercodona and then spending the rest of the day chilling.
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