5-7-2021 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - COMMON CENTAURY (Centaurium erythraea)

This is an erect biennial herb which reaches half a meter in height. It grows from a small basal rosette and bolts a leafy, erect stem which may branch. The triangular leaves are arranged oppositely on the stem and the erect inflorescences emerge from the stem and grow parallel to it, sometimes tangling with the foliage. Each inflorescence may contain many flowers. The petite flower is pinkish-lavender and about a centimeter across, flat-faced with yellow anthers. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule.

It flowers from June until September.

5-7-2021 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - WILD CARROT (Daucus carota)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/76610-Daucus-carota

 

8-7-2021 CORRAL RUBIO, LA MANCHA - OCELLATED LIZARD (Timon lepidus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73972-Timon-lepidus

 

8-7-2021 CORRAL RUBIO, LA MANCHA - RETICULATE THISTLE (Onopordum nervosum)

 Onopordum nervosum, called Moor's cotton thistle or reticulate thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Onopordum native to the Iberian peninsula. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

7-7-2021 EL ROMERAL, LA MANCHA - CLEOPATRA BUTTERFLY (Gonepteryx cleopatra)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123815-Gonepteryx-cleopatra

 

7-7-2021 EL ROMERAL, LA MANCHA - CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY (Pieris rapae)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55626-Pieris-rapae

 

7-7-2021 EL ROMERAL, LA MANCHA - BUMBLE BEE (Subgenus Bombus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/538903-Bombus

7-7-2021 ALPERA, LA MANCHA - IBERIAN GREEN FROG (Pelophylax perezi)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66331-Pelophylax-perezi

 

7-7-2021 ALPERA, LA MANCHA - GREAT BANDED GRAYLING BUTTERFLY (Brintesia circe)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334385-Brintesia-circe

Brintesia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Satyrinae. Its one species is Brintesia circe, the great banded grayling.

Brintesia circe reaches on average wingspan of 65–80 millimetres (2.6–3.1 in). Its wings are mainly black or dark brown. They have a broad white band at the edge of the basal area of all wings and usually a second white streak on the lower wings. The black eyespots on the underside of the upper wings have a white contour. Brintesia circe is quite similar to Hipparchia fagi, but in the latter the second white streak on the lower wings is always missing and the eyespots have a yellow contour. These butterflies usually rest on the branches of a tree, protected by their cryptic markings, but ready to take off and fly away when disturbed.

 

7-7-2021 ALPERA, LA MANCHA - HOUSE SPARROW (MALE) (Passer domesticus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13858-Passer-domesticus

 

7-7-2021 ALPERA, LA MANCHA - BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11901-Hirundo-rustica

 

7-7-2021 LAGUNA DE PETROLA, LA MANCHA - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)

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

 

7-7-2021 CORRAL RUBIO, LA MANCHA - FALSE ILEX HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY (Satyrium esculi)

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86291523

 

7-7-2021 CORRAL RUBIO, LA MANCHA - CORN BUNTING (Emberiza calandra)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145291-Emberiza-calandra

 

6-7-2021 ALPERA. LA MANCHA - MARBLED CELLAR SPIDER (Holocnemus pluchei)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/211210-Holocnemus-pluchei

 

7-7-2021 LAGUNA DE PETROLA, LA MANCHA - GREATER FLAMINGO (Phoenicopterus roseus),

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

 

7-7-2021 CORRAL RUBIO, LA MANCHA - EURASIAN KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472766-Falco-tinnunculus

 

7-7-2021 EL ROMERAL, LA MANCHA - EUROPEAN RABBIT (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43151-Oryctolagus-cuniculus

 

7-7-2021 CORRAL RUBIO, LA MANCHA - GLOSSY IBIS (Plegadis falcinellus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3756-Plegadis-falcinellus

6-7-2021 ALPERA. LA MANCHA - CORN BUNTING (Emberiza calandra)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145291-Emberiza-calandra