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Sunday 12 May 2019

12-5-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - MOORISH GECKO (Tarentola mauritanica)



18-4-2018 CHOBE NATIONAL PARK, BOTSWANA - LAPPET FACED VULTURE (Torgos tracheliotos)


The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus Torgos. It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures, and does not share the good sense of smell of some members of that group.

The lappet-faced vulture was formerly considered monotypical, but now is separated into two subspecies. The nominate race lives throughout Africa. The subspecies T. t. negevensis, differing considerably in appearance from African vultures (as described below) is endemic to the Arabian peninsula.


This species is patchily distributed through much of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, though it is absent from much of the central and western parts of the continent and declining elsewhere in its range. The lappet-faced vulture breeds in Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. On the Arabian Peninsula, it breeds in Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It is also present in Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin, the Central African Republic and Angola, as well as a single vagrant record in Kuwait.

12-5-2019 ADOR CAMPO, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN SERIN (MALE) (Serinus serinus)





12-5-2019 POTRIES, VALENCIA - WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba)





12-5-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto)



12-5-2019 POTRIES, VALENCIA - ROSE EVENING PRIMROSE (Oenothera rosea)



12-5-2019 POTRIES, VALENCIA - HOVER FLY (Sphaerophoria rueppellii)

12-5-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - MOORISH GECKO (Tarentola mauritanica)




Saturday 11 May 2019

10-4-2018 VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - COMMON BULBUL (Pycnonotus barbatus)

11-5-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - TROPICAL TENT SPIDER (Cyrtophora citricola)

11-5-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - FLEECY JUMPING SPIDER (Pseudeuophrys lanigera)





11-5-2019 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - MONOCOTS (Class Liliopsida)



21-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - AFRICAN LEOPARD (FEMALE)






10-5-2019 MARXUQUERA, VALENCIA - HOUSE SPARROW (MALE) (Passer domesticus)





18-4-2018 CHOBE NATIONAL PARK, BOTSWANA - LESSER KESTREL (FEMALE) (Falco naumanni)