La Malaha and the Cacín Valley, Granada Province.

A day in the Cacín Valley and surrounding fields with Charlotte, Adrian and Gwyn from the UK.

Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus).

I met Charlotte, Adrian and Gwyn near Padul and then we made our way to a semi-derelict Cortijo where we had good views of several Lesser Kestrel (Cernicola Primilla / Falco naumanni), Rock Pigeon (Paloma Bravia / Columba livia), Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and female Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus) which crossed a field on the far side of the road. 

Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus).

We moved down the road to a road bridge just outside La Malaha where we had Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto).

We next made a roadside stop to view a Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) which was perched on a distant pylon as well as Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Short-toed Lark (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla) and Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis).

Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Just up the road we turned on to the tracks over the fields were we very quickly found a female Little Bustard (Sisón Común / Tetrax tetrax) trying to hide from us but failing. In the same area we had Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator) and Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica).

We came back on to tarmac and then headed through Ventas de Huelma and made a stop on the roadside and had a short walk trying to find a calling Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus) but it remained hidden. We did however find Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and then a distant pale phase Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Immature Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos).

Just down the road we again hit the tracks and straight away we had the booted Eagle right over head and then a cracking Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus) which flew around and showed well for us. We checked the areas futher along the track seeing hundreds of Common Swift and at least three very smart Hoopoes (Abubilla / Upupa epops). As we got back to the road we had our second but much darker Short-toed Eagle and we had better views of the Roller sat in a dead tree along with several Rock Sparrows (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia).

Just down the road we had European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster) and a male Golden Oriole which flew across us giving nice views. Near the Cortijo an immature Golden Eagle (Águila Real / Aquila chrysaetos) which gave us super views and in the same area we had Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and on another pylon our third Short-toed Eagle.

European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).

Once we were down in the valley we drove to the end of the gorge but it was quiet and we only added Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes) as well as another fine male Golden Oriole and two more Short-toed Eagles. 

Back up the valley we called in at the Contra-embalse where we found Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) and Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata).

Our last stop of the day was on the fields near Moraleda where the target bird was Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis) which we eventually found at the far end of the site where we also had nice views of some European Bee-eaters before hitting the motorways back to Padul.

Torrecilla, Nerja, Malaga Province.

A quick sea watch.

Whilst Jayne, Barb, Sue, Brenda, Keith and Peter were sun bathing by the pool at the Rue Monica I went and sat on a rock on the out crop at Torrecilla. Whilst I was there I had some cracking views of several Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta / Calonectris diomedea), Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus) and plenty of immature Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) which were heading west down the coast in quite large numbers.

Coastal headland, Granada Province.

4 species of Swift in the air at the same time.

 

Little Swift (Vencejo Moro / Apus affinis).

After making sure Jayne and her family where set up on the beach I headed down the coast to a site just over the border in to Granada Province. 

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

I visited a spot where in the passed I had seen White-rumped Swift (Vencejo Cafre / Apus caffer) and I quickly found a pair in amongst dozens or so Pallid (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Common (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and 2 or three Alpine Swifts (Vencejo Real / Apus melba) which I was very pleased with. 

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

I also saw Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),  Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and a couple of Spanish Ibex (Cabra pyreaica hispanica).

Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius).

Later I went to another spot near by and took some nice shots of a couple of Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius) and I also saw Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus).

Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius).

Later I joined the other for the afternoon on the beach were I saw several Geranium Bronze butterflies (Cacyreus marshalli) where we had lunch.

Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius).

Cerro Bar, Loja, Granada Province.

Birding whilst having a beer with friends.

Allan and Lesley Brisco, Jayne and I were having a drink and a very nice meal, during the meal I picked up two Black-winged Stilts (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus) and two separate Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax), all the birds were flying West along the river Genil.

Huétor Tajar, Granada Province.

A loop of Huétor.

During our evening walk we had an Eagle Owl (Buho Real / Bubo bubo) fly over our heads.

Cacín Valley, Granada Province.

A mornings birding with Nigel from Australia.

Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).

I met Nigel up in the city of Granada at 06:00 as he had to be back at the hotel for 12:00 for a transfer to Morocco so we headed straight out to our first site near Moraleda. Once we were on the fields we quickly found Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Ganga Ortega / Pterocles orientalis), Roller (Carraca / Coracias garrulus), Thekla (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Crested (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Calandra (Calandria / Melanocorypha calandra) and Short-toed Larks (Terrera Común / Calandrella brachydactyla), Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus), Iberian / Iberian Grey Shrike (Alcaudón Real Meridional / Lanius meridionalis), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica).

Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).

We dropped down off the fields and in to the Pine woodlands along the Rio Cacínwhere we boosted the list with Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater), Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Iberian  Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki) and Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli). A short way down the Rio we saw Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus), Blue (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus) and Great Tits (Carbonera Común / Parus major), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus), Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus). 

We went just up the road and scanned the Contra-embalse de Bermejalis adding Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) x6, Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) and Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis).

Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops).

Our last area to be visited before we headed back in towards the city was the far end of the Cacín Gorge were we found Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Black Wheatear (Collalba Negra / Oenanthe leucura).

As we headed back to the city we only added Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) to the list. I dropped Nigel off and then headed back home.

Later in the day Jayne and I did a loop of Huétor Tajar, during this walk we had a flock of three Night Herons (Marinete Común / Nycticorax nycticorax) flying west along the Rio Genil.

Peñón de Jolúcar (RAM), Motril Port and Charca Suarez, Granada Province.

Birding with Juan Pérez Contreras for the first time in far too long.

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus).

After what seemed like ages Juan and I were meeting up to go down the coast and do a mornings birding and sea bird recording. 

European Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis).

We arrive at Peñón de Jolúcar and walked up to the highest point and got set up and soon started to pick up good numbers of Cory's (Pardela Cenicienta / Calonectris diomedea) and Balearic Shearwaters (Pardela Balear / Puffinus mauretanicus) as well as smaller numbers of Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus), Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus), Mediterranean (Gaviota Cabecinegra / Larus melanocephalus), Audouin's (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii), Yellow-legged (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and a single unexpected Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and even more surprising there were 7 immature European Shags (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on the rocks below the cliffs. 

European Shags (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis).

We also saw Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Eurasian Crag (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and Western House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala). 

Audouin's Gull (Gaviota de Audouin / Larus audouinii).

Our next stop was on a beach next to Motril Port where we walked its full length and added Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), European European Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris) and a couple of Monarchs (Danaus plexippus).

Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus).

We then moved to the wetlands of Charca Suarez and had a walk around the hide, but it was quite as expected, high lights were finding a nest of Eurasian Penduline Tits (Pájaro Moscón / Remiz pendulinus) with the male still building, an immature and a male Little Bittern (Avetorillo Común / Ixobrychus minutus), Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio), Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), Red Avadavat (Bengali Rojo / Amandava amandava), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Water Rail (Rascón Europeo / Rallus aquaticus), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria), African Grass Blue (Zizeeia knysna), Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and Stripe-less Tree Frog (Hyla meridionalis).

African Grass Blue (Zizeeia knysna).

Later we went and had a coffee and chatted about one of the books released recently about the Orchids of Granada.

Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous).

Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).

Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).

Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild).

Immature Common Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus).

Sierra Nevada, Granada Province.

A morning of butterfly photography or not !!!

Ononis cristata.

I dropped Jayne in the city and then headed up to the sierra and made my first stop at a spot just below the 2500 meter point and had a walk out in to one of the valleys. Here I saw Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Tawny Pipit (Bisbita campestre / Anthus campestris), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe), Linnet (Pardillo Común / Carduelis cannabina), Ononis cristata, Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Jurinea humilis, Polygala boissieri and Minature Wild Plum (Prunus prostrata).

Spanish Rusty Foxglove (Digitalis obscura).

I then went up higher to where the barrier prevents further access and parked hoping to do a walk out along to the Hoya de San Juan but as I was hoping to photograph Butterflies and it was by now drizzling I decided I would be wasting my time. 

Idas Blue (Plebejus idas).

I decided to drop back down to a lower level and just as I set off it started to turn to sleet and then more to snow !!

False IlexHairstreak (Satyrium esculi).

I dropped back down to another small gully but only found Ptilotrichum spinosum, Erigeron frigidus,  Eryngium glaciale as well as Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater), Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia) and Spanish Ibex (Cabra pyreaica hispanica).

Blue Spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini).

Just out side the ski resort I made another quick stop but the cloud had again come over but I did find Robust Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza elata), Red Clover (Trifolium pratense), White Clover (Trifolium repens) and Marsh Violet (Viola palustris).

Zygaena sarpedon.

Further down still I stopped at the Botanical Gardens and as I walked around I found the first butterfly of the day an Idas Blue (Plebejus idas) which sat nicely but the light was awful so the shots were not great. 

I also saw Achillea ageratum, Salvia lavandulifolia, Corncockle (Agrostemma githago), Spanish Rusty Foxglove (Digitalis obscura), Pine-cone Knapweed (Leuzea Conifera) and loads more plant.

Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera).

Birds included Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Thekla Lark (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus), Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata) and Crested Tit (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus).

Southern Mountain Argus (Aricia montensis).

My last stop of the day was on the old road in an area of rocky grassland surrounded by pine woodland where I saw Onosma tricerosperma subsp granatensis, White (Linum suffruticosum) and Large Blue Flax (Linum narbonense), Lizard Orchid (Himantoglosum hircinum) and when the sun came out for a few minutes Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), False Ilex (Satyrium esculi) and Blue Spotted Hairstreaks (Satyrium spini), Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera), Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba), Southern Mountain Argus (Aricia montensis), Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe), Bath White (Pontia daplidice), Zygaena sarpedon and Heliothea discoidaria both very smart day flying moths. 

Southern Mountain Argus (Aricia montensis).

There was also Andalucian Wall Lizard (Podarcis vaucheri), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and a singing Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus).

Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera).

I then dropped back down into the city and spent the rest of the day with Jayne.

Heliothea discoidaria.

Salvia lavandulifolia.

North of Malaga, Malaga Province.

Just enough time to visit a couple of rivers near Malaga.

Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) male.

Jayne wanted to do some shopping so I dropped her off in the city and then went north to a small river but found that the vegetation had taken over and moving around was difficult and dragonfly numbers were low. 

Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) older female.

On the walk up to the water  recorded Short-toed Eagle (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus), Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild) x18, Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricapilla), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica). 

Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis).

The dragonflies that I did managed to see included Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) x3M, Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) x5M, Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) x2F, Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) x1M and Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) x1M. I also saw African Grass Blue (Zizeeia knysna), Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra), Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus), Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous), a single Monarch (Danaus plexippus), Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and Viperine Snake (Culebra Viperina / Natrix maura).

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum).

I moved back towards Malaga and had a drive along the banks of the Rio Grande using the car as a hide and found Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Little (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenuela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Jay (Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster), White (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Yellow Wagtails (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava iberiae), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus).

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum).

Further along the River where it joins the Guadalhorce I saw Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) x2M, Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) x8M & 2F, Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) x4M, Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) x3M, White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes) x6, Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii) x3M & 1F, Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) x3M, as well as Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) and Small White (Artogeia rapae).

Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius).

European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster).

Near Archidona, Malaga Province, Spain.

Moth Trapping at Liz and Rays.

Day four.

8184 Idaea aversata.

I again ran the traps in Ray and Liz's garden but used them the other way round with the Actinic up in the Oaks and the MV down in the garden.
Moths included: 2352 Pleurota ericella x1, 4629 Clepsis consimilana x2, 5742 Etiella zinckenella, 7725 Menophora japygiaria (Brassy Waved Umber) x3, 8048 Scopula submutata x2, 8184 Idaea aversata x1, 8818 Cryphia muralis (Marbled Green) x1, 8853 Pechipogo plumigeralis (Plumed Snout) x1, 8887 Catocala conversa, 8888 Catocala nymphagoga (Oak Yellow Underwing) x3, 9492 Polyphaenis sericata (Guernsey Underwing) x3, 9927 Aetheria (Hecatera) dysodea (Small Ranunculus) x5, 8059 Scopula marginepunctata (Mullein Wave) x13,

8887 Catocala conversa,

8888 Catocala nymphagoga (Oak Yellow Underwing).

8818 Cryphia muralis (Marbled Green).

9492 Polyphaenis sericata (Guernsey Underwing).

9492 Polyphaenis sericata (Guernsey Underwing).

9492 Polyphaenis sericata (Guernsey Underwing).

9927 Aetheria (Hecatera) dysodea (Small Ranunculus).

8853 Pechipogo plumigeralis (Plumed Snout).

5742 Etiella zinckenella,

4629 Clepsis consimilana.

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