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Wednesday 27 April 2016

24-4-2016 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba)


24-4-2016 OLIVA MARJAL, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN SERIN (Serinus serinus)



24-4-2016 OLIVA MARJAL, VALENCIA - MALLARD (JUVENILE) (Anas platyrhynchos)




24-4-2016 OLIVA MARJAL, VALENCIA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)


24-4-2016 OLIVA MARJAL, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN GREENFINCH (Chloris chloris)




24-4-2016 OLIVA MARJAL, VALENCIA - CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis)




24-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)





24-4-2016 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - MOORISH GECKO (Tarentola mauritanica)




Tuesday 26 April 2016

29-3-2015 COCHIN, INDIA - BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans)


The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some populations have experienced dramatic declines or fluctuations. Current global population estimates run up to 6.7 million individuals.

Unlike others of the group, black kites are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge. They spend much time soaring and gliding in thermals in search of food. Their angled wing and distinctive forked tail make them easy to identify. They are also vociferous with a shrill whinnying call.

The black kite is widely distributed through the temperate and tropical parts of Eurasia and parts of Australasia and Oceania, with the temperate region populations tending to be migratory. Several subspecies are recognized and formerly had their own English names. The European populations are small, but the South Asian population is very large.

24-4-2016 ULAL DE BOLDOVI, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN PIED FLYCATCHER (Ficedula hypoleuca)






24-4-2016 ULAL DE BALDOVI, VALENCIA - EGYPTIAN LOCUST (Anacridium aegyptium)




24-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - OLD WORLD SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY (Papilio machaon)


24-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - COMMON SHELDUCK (Tadorna tadorna)








24-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - PIED AVOCET (Recurvirostra avosetta)

The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe and across the Palearctic to Central Asia then on to the Russian Far East. It is a migratory species and most winter in Africa or southern Asia. Some remain to winter in the mildest parts of their range, for example in southern Spain and southern England. The pied avocet is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

24-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - COMMON TERN (Sterna hirundo)



24-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)