21-9-2022 MUNTANYETA DEL SANS, VALENCIA - SQUACCO HERON (Ardeola ralloides)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4994-Ardeola-ralloides

21-9-2022 MUNTANYETA DEL SANS, VALENCIA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4943-Egretta-garzetta

21-9-2022 ULLAL DE BALDOVI, VALENCIA - BLACK PERCHER DRAGONFLY (Diplacodes lefebvrii) (FEMALE)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/99327-Diplacodes-lefebvrii

21-9-2022 EL SALER, VALENCIA - RUFF (Calidris pugnax)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339593-Calidris-pugnax

21-9-2022 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144455-Ardea-alba

21-9-2022 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4954-Ardea-cinerea

19-9-2022 POTRIES, VALENCIA - BROAD SCARLET DRAGONFLY (MALE) (Crocothemis erythraea)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85030-Crocothemis-erythraea

19-9-2022 POTRIES, VALENCIA - VIOLET DROPWING DRAGONFLY (MALE) (Trithemis annulata)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114463-Trithemis-annulata

19-9-2022 POTRIES, VALENCIA - EPAULET SKIMMER DRAGONFLY (FEMALE) (Orthetrum chrysostigma)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/107953-Orthetrum-chrysostigma

19-9-2022 POTRIES, VALENCIA - COPPER DEMOISELLE DAMSELFLY (FEMALE) (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96487-Calopteryx-haemorrhoidalis

18-9-2022 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - COMMON MAQUIS GRASSHOPPER (Pezotettix giornae)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/333530-Pezotettix-giornae

18-9-2022 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - COTTON BOLLWORM MOTH (Carpocoris mediterraneus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/83806-Helicoverpa-armigera

13-9-2022 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - BLACK AND RED BUG (Lygaeus equestris)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/362835-Lygaeus-equestris

15-9-2022 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - HALF EDGED WALL JUMPING SPIDER (Menemerus semilimbatus),

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/157990-Menemerus-semilimbatus

15-9-2022 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - CATALONIA WALL LIZARD (Podarcis liolepis) (JUVENILE)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35666-Podarcis-liolepis

14-9-2022 EL SALER, ALBUFERA - COMMON SANDPIPER (Actitis hypoleucos)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3978-Actitis-hypoleucos

14-9-2022 EL SALER, ALBUFERA - GREATER FLAMINGO (Phoenicopterus roseus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73222-Phoenicopterus-roseus

14-9-2022 EL SALER, ALBUFERA - CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea)

The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia.

It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australia and New Zealand. It is a vagrant to North America.

The curlew sandpiper breeds in the Siberian Arctic from the Yamal Peninsula to the Kolyuchin Bay.

This wader is highly gregarious, and will form flocks with other calidrid waders, particularly dunlin. Despite its easterly breeding range, this species is regular on passage in western Europe, presumably because of southwesterly migration route.

14-9-2022 EL PALMAR, ALBUFERA - EURASIAN MAGPIE (Pica pica)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/891696-Pica-pica

14-9-2022 CREU DE LONGA, ALBUFERA - LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL (Larus fuscus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4381-Larus-fuscus

14-9-2022 CREU DE LONGA, ALBUFERA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4943-Egretta-garzetta

14-9-2022 CREU DE LONGA, ALBUFERA - RED SWAMP CRAYFISH (Procambarus clarkii)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51221-Procambarus-clarkii

14-9-2022 ULLAL DE BALDOVI, ALBUFERA - BLACK WINGED STILT (JUVENILE) (Himantopus himantopus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4835-Himantopus-himantopus

12-9-2022 POTRIES, VALENCIA - VIOLET DROPWING DRAGONFLY (MALE) (Trithemis annulata)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114463-Trithemis-annulata

12-9-2022 POTRIES, VALENCIA - EGYPTIAN BIRD GRASSHOPPER (Anacridium aegyptium)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132892-Anacridium-aegyptium

12-9-2022 POTRIES, VALENCIA - COPPER DEMOISELLE DAMSELFLY (MALE) (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96487-Calopteryx-haemorrhoidalis

12-9-2022 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - COMMON GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY (Cacyreus marshalli)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119664-Cacyreus-marshalli

11-9-2022 MONTAVERNER, VALENCIA - SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (Muscicapa striata)

                                       https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12971-Muscicapa-striata

13-8-2016 VILLALONGA RESERVOIR, VALENCIA - SQUACCO HERON (Ardeola ralloides)

The squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides ) is a small heron, 44–47 cm (17+1⁄2–18+1⁄2 in) long, of which the body is 20–23 cm (8–9 in), with 80–92 cm (31+1⁄2–36 in) wingspan. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Europe and the Greater Middle East.

The English common name squacco comes via Francis Willughby (c. 1672) quoting a local Italian name sguacco. The current spelling comes from John Hill in 1752.

The scientific name comes from Latin ardeola, a small heron (ardea ), and ralloides, Latin rallus, a rail and Greek -oides, "resembling".

The squacco heron is a migrant, wintering in Africa. It is rare north of its breeding range. The species has been recorded in Fernando de Noronha islands, and more rarely in mainland South America, as a vagrant. This is a stocky species with a short neck, short thick bill and buff-brown back. In summer, adults have long neck feathers. Its appearance is transformed in flight, when it looks very white due to the colour of the wings.

The squacco heron's breeding habitat is marshy wetlands in warm countries. The birds nest in small colonies, often with other wading birds, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Three to four eggs are laid. They feed on fish, frogs and insects.

22-8-2022 ATHENS ZOO, GREECE - BLUE WINGED KOOKABURRA (Dacelo leachii)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2417-Dacelo-leachii