Yesterday morning we set off for Arrocampo Reservoir, which is about one hour’s drive from our house. Halfway there we stopped to bid farewell to the Supermoon.
See you in 2031!!!!!
As soon as we got to Hide 2 in Arrocampo we saw this miracle of engineeering on the entrance ramp.
Over the next 3 hours at Hide 2 we saw 3 Bearded Tits, quite rare in this area, including beautiful views of a male, sometimes launching into his display flight. A Bluethroat also dropped by and many Reed Buntings were moving about in the reeds. Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler (1) and Savi’s Warbler were all singing in the reedbed. Great White Herons, Little Bitterns, Purple Swamphens and Purple Herons were all strutting or flying about and this lovely male Marsh Harrier flew over, also treating us to its display flight.
A Monk Vulture also soared overhead.
After Arrocampo we went off to orchid hill near Almaraz. A little early yet but we managed to see and snap all the following:
Orchis champagneuxii
Orchis italica
Orchis lactea
Ophrys lutea
In my opinion, the most beautiful of the lot: Ophrys vernixia (speculum).
Ophrys tenthredinifera
Lastly we went to Casatejada to see the Lesser Kestrels that breed in the church. They’re still a bit flighty but I managed to get this snap of one flying over a stork.
Suddenly all the kestrels, starlings, pigeons and jackdaws shot out of the church and flapped about in a panicky cloud. We were wondering why when the culprit flew over our heads.
Walking back to the car we saw this fetching pair of Swallows resting up from making their nest. In this family it’s obvious who does the building work.
The layabout male
The female trowel.
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