9-7-2018 PETROLA LAKES, ALBACETE - BLACK WINGED STILT (JUVENILE) (Himantopus himantopus)

9-7-2018 PETROLA LAKES, ALBACETE - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)

9-7-2018 PETROLA LAKES, ALBACETE - HOUSE SPARROW (FEMALE) (Passer domesticus)

9-7-2018 LAGUNA DEL REY, RUIDERA - WAVYLEAF MULLEIN (Verbascum sinuatum)

9-7-2018 LAGUNA DEL REY, RUIDERA - YELLOW STAR THISTLE (Centaurea solstitialis)

Centaurea solstitialis is an annual herb from the family Asteraceae. During the vegetative stage it forms a rosette of non-spiny leaves, between 5–20 centimetres (2–8 inches) in diameter. As the summer approaches, it produces a flowering stem up to 1 metre (3+1⁄2 feet) in height. The leaves at the base are lobed and range between 5–8 cm (2–3 in) in length, while the ones on the stem are unlobed and smaller. Between May and October, the stem produces numerous spinous flower heads (capitula) about 12–16 millimetres (1⁄2–5⁄8 in) across, containing between 10–50 yellow flowers, with spines between 1–2.5 cm (3⁄8–1 in). Flowers within capitula are pollinated by insects and each capitula produces 10–50 seeds, some with and some without a pappus. It is an annual semelparous species, and will die after reproduction is completed, normally by the end of the summer.

9-7-2018 LAGUNAS DE REY, RUIDERA - ELMLEAF BLACKBERRY (Rubus ulmifolius)

9-7-2018 LAGUNAS DE REY, RUIDERA - GREAT CRESTED GREBE (Podiceps cristatus)

8-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY (Brintesia circe)

8-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - EURASIAN REED WARBLER (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - CRESTED LARK (Galerida cristata)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/578607-Galerida-cristata

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - BOOTED EAGLE (Hieraaetus pennatus)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (FEMALE) (Netta rufina)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - WHITE HEADED DUCK (FEMALE) (Oxyura leucocephala)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - PIED AVOCET (Recurvirostra avosetta)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - BLACK TAILED GODWIT (Limosa limosa)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - COMMON POCHARD (FEMALE) (Aythya ferina)

7-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - EURASIAN SKYLARK (Alauda arvensis)

The Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a passerine bird in the lark family, Alaudidae. It is a widespread species found across Europe and the Palearctic with introduced populations in Australia, New Zealand and on the Hawaiian Islands. It is a bird of open farmland and heath, known for the song of the male, which is delivered in hovering flight from heights of 50 to 100 metres (160 to 330 ft). The sexes are alike. It is streaked greyish-brown above and on the breast and has a buff-white belly.

The female Eurasian skylark builds an open nest in a shallow depression on open ground well away from trees, bushes and hedges. She lays three to five eggs which she incubates for around 11 days. The chicks are fed by both parents but leave the nest after eight to ten days, well before they can fly. They scatter and hide in the vegetation but continue to be fed by the parents until they can fly at 18 to 20 days of age. Nests are subject to high predation rates by larger birds and small mammals. The parents can have several broods in a single season.

 

6-7-2018 TABLAS DE DAIMIEL, LA MANCHA - EUROPEAN BEE-EATER (Merops apiaster)

4-7-2018 ALBUFERA, VALENCIA - SQUACCO HERON (Ardeola ralloides)

5-7-2018 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - LARGE WALL BROWN BUTTERFLY (Lasiommata maera)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123629-Lasiommata-maera

4-7-2018 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)

4-7-2018 ULLAL DE BALDOVI, VALENCIA - SWAMP SMARTWEED (Persicaria hydropiperoides)