Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Around the Garden.

Ebird List for the Garden.

 

I started the day listening to the Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti) which had turned up yesterday and lots of Iberian  Magpies (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki).

Male Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma).

In the afternoon I checked out the pond finding a nice male Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma), a couple of Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii) and a Darter species which shot off before I could get an ID.

Later in the afternoon Mom, John and I chilled up on the terrace where I recorded species included a female Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), an immature Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos) and a couple of Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus) along with Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger), Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli), Desert Orange-tip (Colotis evagore) and Small White (Pieris rapae).