We left our wonderful, secluded hotel high up in
the Hecho Valley and headed down to pastures new, stopping amongst some arable
fields to look for Ortolan Bunting
again, but only hearing it this time. There were plenty of Corn Buntings, a few Cirl
Buntings, and a fabulous Queen of
Spain Fritillary. Moving on we paid a visit to a small craggy area where a
fruiting bush held 2 Western Orphean Warblers,
2 Subalpine Warblers and a male Sardinian Warbler.
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| A good place for warblers....! |
A male Blue
Rock Thrush was found on a cliff face, and 3 Peregrines, Eurasian
Griffons and Egyptian Vultures
soared in the clear blue sky. We’d already seen Short-toed and Booted Eagles,
Common Buzzard, along with many Red and Black Kites so far today.
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| Castille de Loare |
After some cold drinks and chips in a nearby
restaurant we drove to Castille de Loare, a very scenic and picturesque setting
where Rock Sparrow, Eurasian Hoopoe and Eurasian Crag Martins were present.
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| Eurasian Crag Martin |
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| Rock Sparrow was also breeding near the battlements |
A
very close Apollo Butterfly was also
much appreciated here and was at a very low elevation than I would have
expected.
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| Amazing views of this Apollo today |
After a short perusal of the ruins we had more cold drinks and
ice-cream before driving to Loporzano and the wonderful Casa Boletas, our base
for the next 2 nights. Along the ay we spotted several European Bee-eaters….… 38 degrees here this afternoon….!
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