29-4-2006 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN MANTIS (FEMALE) (Mantis religiosa)

26-5-2006 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - ARMOURED GROUND CRICKET (Subfamily Bradyporinae)

3-6-2006 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - MOORISH GECKO (Tarentola mauritanica)

3-6-2006 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (Muscicapa striata)

3-6-2006 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - RED VEINED DARTER DRAGONFLY (FEMALE) (Sympetrum fonscolombii)

9-1-2017 GANDIA CAMPO, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula)

9-1-2017 GANDIA CAMPO, VALENCIA - BLACK REDSTART (FEMALE) (Phoenicurus ochruros)

19-2-20II MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - SARDINIAN WARBLER (MALE)

15-10-2011 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN MANTIS (FEMALE) (Mantis religiosa)

24-7-2012 DANUBE DELTA, ROMANIA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

25-4-2014 MOROS MARSHES, SAGUNTO - COLLARED PRATINCOLE (Glareola pratincola)

25-4-2014 MOROS MARSHES, SAGUNTO - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)

3-5-2013 ALBUFERA, VALENCIA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

3-5-2013 ALBUFERA, VALENCIA - GREAT CRESTED GREBE (Podiceps cristatus)

8-1-2017 VILLALONGA CAMPO, VALENCIA - LITTLE OWL (Athene noctua)

8-1-2017 ADOR CAMPO, VALENCIA - MEADOW PIPIT (Anthus pratensis)

13-6-2005 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - RED AND BLACK SHIELD BUG

6-1-2017 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - EURASIAN BLACKCAP (MALE) (Sylvia atricapilla)

6-1-2017 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula)

6-1-2017 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba)

6-1-2017 VILLALONGA RESERVOIR, VALENCIA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

28-4-2014 MARXUQUERA, VALENCIA - RED STRIPED OIL BEETLE (Berberomeloe majalis)

28-4-2014 MOROS MARSHES, SAGUNTO - QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY (Issoria lathonia)

The Queen of Spain Fritillary is a large and distinctive butterfly with a wingspan of 3.8 to 4.5cm. Its hindwings are more sharply angular than most other fritillaries, and the upperwings have regular rows of rounded spots.

The undersides of the hindwings are decorated with large pearly spots - visible in the pictures immediately above and below.

The Queen of Spain Fritillary is a very rare migrant to southern Britain. Its native range covers most of mainland Europe, however, except for the far north of Scandinavia, and extends southwards into northern Africa and eastwards through Asia as far as eastern China.

This migrant species is found in a variety of mainly dryish habitats including heathland and herb-rich meadows, but also in fields with arable crops, on rocky hill slopes, and on woodland edges.

7-1-2017 ADOR CAMPO, VALENCIA - LITTLE OWL (Athene noctua)

7-1-2017 ADOR CAMPO, VALENCIA - BLACK REDSTART (FEMALE) (Phoenicurus ochruros)

4-1-2017 MOROS MARSHES, SAGUNTO - COMMON CHIFFCHAFF (Fringilla coelebs)

4-1-2017 MOROS MARSHES, SAGUNTO - NORTHERN SHOVELER (MALE) (Spatula clypeata)

4-1-2017 MOROS MARSHES, SAGUNTO - NORTHERN SHOVELER (FEMALE) (Spatula clypeata)