Sunday 21 April, Gaucin, partly cloudy, light W-SW wind, 19C: A mid-morning walk along a section of the
Pescaderos track below Sierra Maravillas above El Colmenar produced Griffon Vulture, Booted Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Common Kestrel, Raven, Eurasian Jay, Woodchat Shrike, Thekla Lark, Stonechat, Sardinian Warbler, Bonelli's Warbler and Serin. From about 1230hrs there was a reasonable passage of Black Kite with at least three groups of 28, 40 and 18 moving through to the north of Sierra del Hacho. Also seen was an Egyptian Mongoose, a couple of Spanish Festoon butterflies, and some interesting flora such as Dwarf Convolvulus
Convolvulus tricolor, Plough-Share Serapias orchid
Serapias vomeracea and
Cytinus hypocistis, a parasite of the
Rock Rose family
Cistaceae, of which, the Narrow-leaved Cistus was in full bloom covering many of the rocky slopes.
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Narrow-leaved Cistus Cistus monspeliensis |
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Dwarf Convolvulus Convolvulus tricolor |
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Plough-Share Serapias |
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Cytinus hypocistis
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This afternoon I took a look along the Casares-Secadero track (the river was a waste of time as it was one big picnic area!) and saw the following of note: Griffon Vulture, Short-toed eagle, Booted Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, European Bee-eater, Woodchat Shrike, female
Northern Wheatear, Crested Lark and
Melodious Warbler. Well worth it just for the lovely views back to Gaucin.....
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