Spain

Some preliminary images from the past few days exploring eastern Andalucia. Huge thanks to Martin Corley, Eduardo Marabuto and Martin Honey for their assistance with identifications.

Aves

Lesser Flamingos Phoeniconaias minor, Fuenta de Piedra Lagoon
(Three of five we saw distantly from the visitor centre)


Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber, Fuenta de Piedra Lagoon


Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus, Fuenta de Piedra Lagoon


Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, Fuenta de Piedra Lagoon


Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis, Almerima Golf Course


Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina, Almerima Golf Course


White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala, Cañada de las Norias


Family party, Rambla de Morales


Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris, Rambla de Morales


Black-winged Stilts Himantopus himantopus and Garganey Anas querquedula, Rambla de Morales


Slender-billed Gull Larus genei, Roquetas de Mar Salinas


Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator, Sierra de Camarolo


Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, Estación Invernal, Sierra Nevada



Odonata

Southern Skimmer Orthetrum brunneum, Las Guiraos


Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii, Fuenta de Piedra Lagoon


Iberian Bluetail Ischnura graellsii, Cañada de las Norias



Neuroptera

Nemoptera bipennis, Las Almoderas


Lepidoptera

Pale Shoulder Acontia lucida, Cortijo el Campillo


Thetidia plusiaria, Cortijo el Campillo


Idaea circuitaria/rainerii, Cortijo el Campillo


Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia, Estación Invernal, Sierra Nevada


Southern Gatekeeper Pyronia cecilia, Cuevas de los Ubedas


Dusky Heath Coenonympha dorus, Cabo de Gata


Probably Southern Marbled Skipper, Carcharodus boeticus, Cabo de Gata


Herpetiles

Large Psammodromus Psammodromus algirus, Caba de Gata



Marsh Frog Rana ridibunda, Almerima Golf Course


Apocrita

Velvet Ant Mutilla sp., Cuevas de los Ubedas


Arachnids

Wolf Spider (Lycosidae), Cuevas de los Ubedas


Scorpion (Buthus occitanus), Cuevas de los Ubedas


Orthoptera

Acrida ungarica, Cuevas de los Ubedas



Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium, Cuevas de los Ubedas



Mantids

Mantid nymph, probably Rivetina baetica, Cabo de Gata


Coleoptera

Oxythrea funesta (Chafer Beetle), Cuevas de los Ubedas


Diptera

Bee-fly (Bombyliidae), Cuevas de los Ubedas


Mammalia

Spanish Ibex Capra pyrenaica
Estación Invernal, Sierra Nevada


Sierra de Camarolo