Bonanza Area, Cadiz Province.

Pools and Salt pans in Cadiz Province.

Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides).

Jayne and Lynn were staying around the town and having a walk along the sea front and Steve and I were heading out birding again, so after breakfast in the town we first headed for the small pools near Bonanza. 

Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).

As we arrived the first birds we saw were two Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), the first one looking like a nice normal adult bird but the second one was a leucistic bird looking almost white with darker grey patches. 

Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei).

During this visit we saw several more normal looking adults and immature birds but the leucistic bird did not return.

Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei).

However we did add Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides), Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus), Little (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Common (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina) and Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala), Little (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) and Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus).

Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei).

 

We moved on after a while and revisited Bonanza after yesterdays success, on the main track in we parked a spent quite a while photographing Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus) and Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei).

Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei).

 

In the same area I also saw Green (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta), Ringed (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Little Ringed (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) and Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus) and a pair of passing Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax).

Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina).

Once around the corner and heading down to the pump house we stopped and checked the spot where we had seen the Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus) yesterday but only found Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax) and Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta).

Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea).

 

Once we were down at the Pump house we were again trying for flight shots of the highly mobile Little Terns (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons) as well as the Slender-billed, Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) and Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis). 

Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta).

We also saw a good many other species including Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus), Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis), Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia), Greater Short-toed (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and Crested Larks (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea).

We retraced our way along the top track and continued on down to the River but only added Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and on the river Mediterranean Gull (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus) and Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans).

Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba).

We made our way out of the Saltpans and then had a look at the Laguna de Tarelo but it was quiet except for a very large number of Western Cattle and Little Egrets, a few Squacco Herons, Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata), Black Kite and as we went through the woodlands to the far end we saw more Booted Eagles, Black Kite, Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), Spoonbill, Red-rumped Swallow and Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli). 

Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus).

We moved out on to the open tracks and looked around the other saltpans and wet areas out there but we did not find a great deal but we did see Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Marsh (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) and Montagu's Harrier's (Aguilucho Cenizo / Circus pygargus). 

Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus).

We later went back to Bonanaza where we only added Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax) and Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus) but had good photographic chances with quite a few species before we headed back to the hotel and went out for the evening.

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius).

Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons).

Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons).

Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons).

Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus).

Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax).

Chipiona, Bonanza and travelling, Cadiz Province.

A trip down to the Cadiz Coast and a Spanish Lifer.

Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus) by Steve Jones.

We set off and headed west to Antequera and then on over to Jerez and Sanluca de Barrameda, on the way I saw several species including Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),

Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus) by Steve Jones.

Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).

Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus) by Steve Jones.

Once we were in Sanluca we checked in at the Hotel Los Helechos and the went down to Chipiona and parked on the sea front. 

Little Swift (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis).

We had a walk along the sea front down to the main beach where we had lunch, just off the beach there were large numbers of Terns including 50+ Black (Fumarel Común / Chlidonias niger), 30+ Sandwich (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis), 100s of Little (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons) and a few Common Terns (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo).

Little Swift (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis).

As we walked back along the coast looking out to see we picked up Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and Mediterranean Gulls (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Ruddy Turnstone (Vuelvepiedras Común / Arenaria interpres) and down at the port there were 4+ Little Swifts (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis) as well as Common Swifts (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), House Martins, Barn Swallows and Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).

Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus).

Later we drove back to the hotel and the girls went in whilst Steve and I went for a couple of hours at Bonanza Saltpans, on the drive up the main track we made a few stops and saw Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Sand Martin (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia), Whimbrel (Zarapito Trinador / Numenius phaeopus), Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa), Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina), Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea), Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta), Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba), Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus), Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei), Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax) and just after we turned right and scanned the second pan along a Red-necked Phalarope (Falaropo Picofino / Phalaropus lobatus) which was feeding in the shallow water. 

2x Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax) and several Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea).

It was a very distant at first but came a bit closer (allowing Steve to get some good record shot) as it worked it's was towards us feeding all the time, this was the first of two Spanish lifers for me on the three day trip.

Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus) immature.

We continued on down to the pump house and spent some time there trying to photograph the feeding Little Terns and Slender-billed Gulls. 

Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa).

We also saw Caspian Tern (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia), Glossy Ibis (Morito Común / Plegadis falcinellus), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Grande / Charadrius hiaticula), Red Knot ( Correlimos Gordo / Calidris canutus), Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus), White Stork (Ciguena Blanca / Ciconia ciconia), Greater Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and Lesser Short-toed Larks (Terrera Marismena / Calandrella rufescens) and Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).

Black-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colinegra / Limosa limosa).

We also saw a single Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) and several Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii). 

Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus).

We retraced our tracks and made our way back out to the hotel to meet the girls before going out into the main square for a tapas evening.

Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus).

Caspian Terns (Pagaza Piquiroja / Sterna caspia).

Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) and Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).

1st Summer Little Tern (Charrancito Común / Sterna albifrons).

Rio Turron, Teba Gorge and Salinas, Malaga Province.

Dragon hunting with Steve.

Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus).

We drove over to Ardales, on the way we saw 2x Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata). 

Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus).

We arrived at the spot we have visited a few times in the past looking for dragons, we parked and walked around the field to the spot were we soon found 4♂ Small Pincertails (Onychogomphus forcipatus), 2♂ Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis), 20+ White Featherlegs (Platycnemis latipes), 1♂ Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi), Carpentor Bee (Xylocopa violacea), Striped Grayling (Pseudotergumia fidia), Cardinal Fritillary (Argynnis pandora), Holly (Celastrina argiolus), Long-tailed (Lampides baeticus) and Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous), Small White (Pieris rapae), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).

Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus).

Birds included Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Blue Tits (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus). 

Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi).

Near the car we also found a large Hornets (Vespa crabro) nest in the Oak tree next to the parking spot.

Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi).

Further along the road we stopped again and checked another area of the same river, here we saw more Small Pincertails, Orange-winged Dropwings, White Featherlegs, Copper Demoiselle as well as 2♂ Scarlet Darters (Crocothemis erythraea), 2♂ and 2♀ Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator), Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii), Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera), Mediterranean skipper (Gegenes nostrodamus) and Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).

Scarlet Darters (Crocothemis erythraea).

Our next stop was just below the bridge over the river which runs through the Teba Gorge, in a couple of small pools there we added 2♂ Epaulet (Orthetrum chrysostigma) and 2♂ and 1♀ Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) along with 15+♂ Scarlet Darters, 2♂ and 1♀ Iberian Blue-tail and 2♂ and 1♀ Orange-winged Dropwings.

Scarlet Darters (Crocothemis erythraea).

We moved on again to a spot near Salinas but most of the sites there were dry, whoever we did see 1♂ Epaulet, 2♂ Keeled and 2♂ Southern Skimmers (Orthetrum brunneum), Orange-winged Dropwing and Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta).

♀ Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator).

♀ Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator).

Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi).

Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi).

Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens).

Charca Suarez and Cerro Gordo, Granada Province.

A morning in Charca and an Afternoon on the coast.

Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus).

Lynn, Jayne, Steve and I all headed down to the Granada Coast to Charca Suarez, once there Jayne and Lynn went for a 17KM walk along the beach and back to the starting point whist Steve and I went into the reserve. 

Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus).

We started in the new hide where we saw Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) x2, Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) x3, Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Waxbills (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta) x1, Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina) x1, Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava), Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus) and when some of the rather noisy visitors left the hide and looked further around the pool we had Black-crowned Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) and Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) which they flushed.

Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus).

Once the noise had died down and all the visitors and photographers had gone we started to see some birds again and added Common Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Great Reed Warblers (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Western House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea), Eurasian Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), European Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), European Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Common Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis) and a fly through Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejera / Ardeola ralloides).

Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta).

On our way around to the main hide we had a couple of Spotted Flycatchers (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata) and in the hide Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra) along with Black Percher (Diplacodes lefebvrii), Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea), Lesser (Anax parthenope) and Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator). 

Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).

In the same area we also had Large Psammodromus (Lagartija colilarga / Psammodromus algirus), Stripe-necked Terrapins (Mauremys leprosa) and Perez's Frogs (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) before moving on around to the two hides overlooking Laguna del Trébol we photographed a Blue / Common Emperor and saw a teneral Black Percher, Mediterranean skipper (Gegenes nostrodamus), Lang's Short-tailed (Leptotes pirithous), Long-tailed (Lampides baeticus) and African Grass Blues (Zizeeia knysna), Monarch (Danaus plexippus) and Small White (Pieris rapae).

Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).

From the hides on Laguna del Trébol we added just Red-knobbed Coot (Focha cornuda / Fulca cristata) and Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).

Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator).

We did not add any new bird species at the next hide Laguna del Lirio but we did add Small Red-eyed (Erythromma viridulum) and Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii).

Mediterranean skipper (Gegenes nostrodamus).

We moved around to the next hide overlooking Laguna del Taraje and found Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes) and another immature Black-crowned Night Heron which was sat in a willow at the side of the hide.

Large Psammodromus (Lagartija colilarga / Psammodromus algirus).

We left the reserve and met up with the Girls before going to Salabrena where we had our sandwiches sat on a bench by the beach, later we went on to a coast site where we had the most superb views of up to 4 White-rumped Swifts (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer) which were coming in so close to us, we could hear the wind in their feathers. 

Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio).

We also saw Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Northern Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax), Red-rumped Swallow, Western House Martin, Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala), Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius) and Swallowtail (Papilio machaon).

Black-crowned Night Heron (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax).

On our way back towards the house we picked up Greater Short-toed (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) and Booted Eagles (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas).

White-rumped Swift (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer).

White-rumped Swift (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer).

Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius).

Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius).

Undisclosed Site, Granada Province.

No sign of the Cream-coloured Coursers.

Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) sat on a Rabbit.

I dropped Jayne in the Sierra Nevada Shopping center and then went out to the site for the Cream-coloured Coursers (corredor Sahariano / Cursorius cursor) but after just over 3 hour searching I had not found them. 

Tawny Pipit (Bisbita campestre / Anthus campestris).

All the young birds were now flying so they may well still be in the area but lying low.

Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).

I did however see Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis), Tawny Pipit (Bisbita campestre / Anthus campestris), Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and Greater Short-toed Larks (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Woodchat (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) and Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), immature Black-eared Wheatear (Collalba Rubia / Oenanthe hispanica), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) as well as several Scarce (Chupaleches / Iphiclides podalirius feisthameli) and Common Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Bath White (Pontia daplidice) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).

Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).

I then went and met Jayne in the Shopping center where we had a very nice Italian meal before continuing the shopping and the heading home.

Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).

Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).

Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).