Zoochat Big Year 2022

Najade said:
Was that pelagic a one time thing or is it happening regularly? How do you get on it if so?
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The trip I took was with Delta Safari, and they organize similar tours three times a year. The first is in September (best chance to see skuas and shearwaters), October (a bit of everything, best chance of good sea migration) and November (best chance to see alcids and divers).

They also offer different types of boat trips (such as porpoise watch trips, or pelagics further away). The website is entirely in Dutch, though I am positive they'll do their best to help you if your reach out to them (their email adres is info@deltasafari.nl).
 
Like so many of my trips. this trip is a side trip to business, neither ideal in location, timing or time available. Not that I am complaining, any chance to get away into the field is great.

When I first envisaged this trip I had four days post conference available so I thought to spend one night at Chambers Lodge near Lake Eacham, one night at Kingfisher Park near Mt Lewis and one night at the Daintree. Both Chambers and Kingfisher are good for small mammals as well as birds, but unfortunately neither were available.(Odd, as otherwise accommodation seems to be readily available here). I'm not sure why I did not just pick other nearby accommodation but I decided to spend two nights in a motel in Mareeba, I was thinking as this was midway between the two areas so would be more flexible. However I think it was a bad decision, best be as close to the animals as possible. Also I don't think this is the best time, as there seems to be a lot less activity than during my visit in February '21.

Firstly a couple more bird sightings in Cairns:

336. Bush stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
337. Australasian figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti

The following were observed in the Atherton area and up towards Mt Carbine.

Birds

338. Hardhead Aythya australis
339. Channel-billed cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
340. Sarus crane Antigone antigone
341. Australian bustard Ardeotis australis
342. Intermediate egret Ardea intermedia
343.Black-fronted dotterel Elseyornis melanops
344. Comb-crested jacana Irediparra gallinacea
345. Red-tailed black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
346. Bridled honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus
347. White-bellied cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
348. Pied monarch Arses kaupi
349. Chestnut-breasted mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax

Reptiles

10. Cream-striped shining-skink Lonchura castaneothorax

Invertebrates

74. Vase-cell mud-daubier wasp Sceliphron formosum
75. Red-thighed polyrhachis Polyrhachis ruffemur
76. Painted grasshawk Neurothemis stigmatizans
77. Ornate crab spider Poecilothomisus speciosus (new Family)
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Went birding for a few hours today along a stretch of beach. The site was significantly less active than it was the past few days, but I still managed to nab a lifer out of it. I still need to go through a number of sparrow photos, but I'll post the rest now.

90) Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
91) American Kestrel Falco sparverius
92) Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
93) Sanderling Calidris alba
94) Dunlin Calidris alpina
95) Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
96) Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
97) House Wren Troglodytes aedon
98) Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
99) Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus

~Thylo
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Decided to get back out today and walked away with a rare vagrant lifer and a few new species for the year, including three--bunting, loon, and sandpiper--I've not seen since 2016/17. Certainly not a bad haul!

100) Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
101) Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
102) Red-Throated Loon Gavia stellata
103) American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
104) Black-Bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
105) Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Decided to get back out today and walked away with a rare vagrant lifer and a few new species for the year, including three--bunting, loon, and sandpiper--I've not seen since 2016/17. Certainly not a bad haul!

100) Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
101) Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
102) Red-Throated Loon Gavia stellata
103) American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
104) Black-Bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
105) Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

~Thylo
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Realized I missed a bird!

106) American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea

~Thylo
 
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BerdNerd said:
11/19/22

89. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
90. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
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11/27/22


91. Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata domestica)
92. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)

BerdNerd said:
10/1/22

54. Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)
55. Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens)
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11/28/22


56. Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)


Total:

Mammals: 9
Birds: 92
Reptiles: 6
Amphibians: 4
Fish: 25
Invertebrates: 56
 
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A few from the weekend from Lincolnshire, spread over two days - a nice grebe and duck from Covenham Reservoir, a wader at Cleethorpes, and a falcon at Frampton to take me past the magic 200 UK birds for the year.

Birds:
227. Slavonian Grebe - Podiceps auritus
228. Velvet Scoter - Melanitta fusca
229. Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica
230. Merlin - Falco columbarius

(UK: 201)

:)
 
And no sooner do I post that than I pick up another - while putting the bin out!

These are common near me but much, much more often heard than seen (we're talking 100-to-1 or more) - so nice to see one fly in and land on my neighbours' TV aerial for a minute or two right as I stepped outside the door, before it then swooped down across the road and disappeared behind the houses opposite.

Birds:
231. Tawny Owl - Strix aluco

(UK: 202)

:)
 
Mr. Zootycoon said:
Later in the afternoon I decided on a whim to go look for Whooper Swans in the polders a bit further west. They too are rare this winter but I seen some in December so I tried to same place again, but no luck today. Then I tried to find a Hooded Crow that has been wintering in the area for a few years now but I couldn't find it either. I don't understand why I go looking for crows anyway. Honestly I felt a bit silly standing there with my spotting scope at the edge of a field scanning through the flocks of crows. I did spot a Peregrine falcon sitting in the grass like a goose, peering at the fields ahead. Perhaps she too was looking for hooded crows. After trying for a while to find the crow I gave up. Peregrine is a much better bird anyway.
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Mr. Zootycoon said:
Swans of three species (Mute, Bewick's, Whooper) winter in the polders relatively close to where I live. The latter two are generally scarce and getting scarcer, but usually there are a few places they are present throughout winter. Not this year. All three species are present but in (far) lower numbers than usual and they're also less faithful to their favourite foraging areas. But at least they're there now, and no-one knows what next winter will bring. Having set my mind on 300 birds It would be stupid to miss out on two species I generally think of as guaranteed, so after a failed attempt earlier I tried again today. I also added in two birding locations along the river Meuse/Maas, one to find both Northern Pintail and Caspian Gull which are steadily present there, and the other which is a good spot for Water Pipit. Now guess how many of the five target species I saw!

When I stepped outside there was quite some fog but the weather forecast said I would clear soon. First I went to the polders for swans, so I zigzagged around the countryside and inspected every flock of swans I saw. There were occasionally Mute Swans in pairs or small groups but most swans were seen in half a dozen flocks of between 20 and 40 individuals (sidenote: in some winters we have flocks of Bewick's this size and flocks of Mutes in the hundreds, so this is rather poor!). After the first four flocks which only had Mute Swans I finally found a flock with other swans and those delightfully turned out to be seven Bewick's Swans. I also spied a little party of Tree Sparrows while scanning one of the swan flocks so that was neat. The fog however did not clear and became only denser. I tried a few other places for Whooper Swans but they were nowhere to be seen.
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Mr. Zootycoon said:
Because of the wet and unusually dreary winter I don't think I have ever longed for spring so much. Most of the real winter birds never came here in full force, and the flew flocks of geese and swans are already leaving. All the more surprising that for some reason the polders here are filled with hundred of wigeons! I didn't go looking for swans again. Honest. There are almost none left anyway. But a friend of mine told me about the large numbers of ducks and gulls that hang out at the wettest meadows, so I went there last week with him and the birds did not disappoint. We even saw that wretched Hooded Crow I wrote about earlier.
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So, as it turned out, the swan saga from earlier this year did have a satisfying conclusion! (Probably worth reading the quotes if you want the full story).

After three unsuccessful searched for whooper swans at the start of the year, I set foot in de polders again after several months without visiting them. Winter has barely started, and most of the polders are completely devoid of birds. Buzzards and kestrels are scarce. There are barely any egrets. Geese are unreasonably absent. The vast expenses of rye-grass only yielded, at most, a few tens of swans. All mute swans, of course. There are ducks in the waterways - frankly more than the otherwise very quiet surroundings had me expecting - and sparrows and doves and other such things around the more old-fashioned farm buildings. But that's it. The same hooded crow is supposed to have popped up again as well, but I did not see it. There were barely any crows at all.

Interestingly, there are a handful of very small areas within the polders which are managed by a conservation group to preserve the landscape and the wildlife. I visited one, and it was full of birds! At least two dozen egrets and herons, several raptors, hundreds of geese and lapwings, and perhaps a thousand starlings. There was even a flock of swans. Mute swans, of course. A huge contrast with the otherwise almost bird-less polders.

After while I reached one of the biggest waterways - besides the river Meuse of course - and scanned it through my spotting scope. There were a few ducks and coots, and five swans. Three first winter mute swans and - I could not believe my eyes - a pair of whooper swans! Finally! After almost eleven months I finally managed to find what had become this year's nemesis bird. They were as gorgeous and graceful a whooper swans can be. After a while the pair took to the air - perhaps leaving the polders without whooper swans for a long time again. But my swan search was finally over!

Birds
278. Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus
 
Leaving Mareeba my objective was the Daintree River. However on the way I stopped at the cemetery at Mt Molly. A birdguide mentions that it was a good spot for bush stone-curlews resting amongst the tombstones, and that other species could be seen in the bush around. I wasn't interested in the stone-curlews but I did hope I might see some more of the more arid region species. Down the back of the cemetery I saw a willy wagtail making a real fuss, and my binoculars picked out a brilliant metallic blue, looking like a blue-backed bird peering down a hollow. It took a minute or so for the form of a blue-winged kookaburra to appear in vision, camouflaged against the bush behind. Down here laughing kookaburras are active, loud and obvious. I had wanted to see a blue-winged but they seemed strangely absent. I now believe that they were all sitting still in the trees silently laughing at my frustration. With this kookaburra I have seen eight of Australia's ten kingfishers.

Birds
350. Oriental dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
351. Blue-winged kookaburra Dacelo leachii
352. Great bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis

Reptiles
11. Tree dtella Gehyra variegata

Heading further north I drove down off the tablelands arriving again on the costal strip at Mossman, where I visited the Mossman Gorge. The gorge seemed very busy until I realised the rock pools at the bottom of the gorge were very much the local swimming hole.

Birds
353. Northern fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
354. Black-faced monarch Monarcha melanopsis

Fish
12. Jungle perch Kuhlia rupestris (new Order and Family)

I then proceeded up to the Daintree where I had booked into a motel in Cow Bay, a location with no mobile phone reception, negligible internet and interesting inhabitants. I came here in the hope of seeing Bennet's tree-kangaroo, they have been seen on the Jindalba Boardwalk there. I did the walk both in the evening and early in the morning without success, and have concern for any medium size mammal in the area as driving down to the boardwalk in the morning I passed three large dogs running the other way. However I did get one new mammal species that excited me. I have to say that verifying this sighting was the reason this report is a week late.

Mammals
34. Red-cheeked dunnart Sminthopsis virginiae
35. Agile wallaby Macropus agilis
36. Fawn-footed melomys Melomys cervinipes

Birds
355. Southern cassowary Gehyra variegata (male with chick)
356. Dusky honeyeater Myzomela obscura
357. Varied triller Lalage leucomela
358. Pale-yellow robin Tregellasia capito

Reptiles
12. Boyd's forest dragon Lophosaurus boydii

Invertebrates
78. Australian common garden katydid Caedicia simplex

Next morning after my walk and breakfast I headed off back to the Daintree River for a wildlife cruise. The cruises promise crocodiles, many birds, rarities like Papuan frogmouth and great-billed heron, and green tree snakes and frogs dripping off overhanging trees. I did mention the frogmouths to the guide and he said we could view them at a nest where a chick was fledging. By the time we got there the nest was empty, the chick had either fledged or dropped into a crocodile's mouth below, and the parents had departed. As for the rest of it I got a positive id on only one bird. The guide commented that birds had been abundant up to a couple of weeks before, then they had just disappeared. It was true, the weather was oppressive with the temperature at 38degC and 90% humidity. Another problem was I did the cruise at high tide, no mudbanks for herons to feed on or crocodiles to bask on. One interesting thing happened I was "shot" by archerfish. I also realised that I had misidentified the archerfish I had seen earlier in Cairns, it was a banded not a sevenspot, which was the species on the Daintree River.

Birds
359. Nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus

Fish
13. Banded archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix

After the cruise I headed back to Cairns to catch my flight back home. I arrived in Cairns in plenty of time so headed to Cattana Wetlands, a great facility that seems to be little visited.

Birds
360. Plumed whistling duck Dendrocygna eytoni
361. Black butcherbird Melloria quoyi

November is obviously not the best time to visit North Queensland, not that I had much choice. Still over the four days I had available I saw around 90 bird species and overall I saw 21 new species.
 
Another update...
Mammals
  • Kakadu NP
18. Feral Pig (Mamukala Wetlands)
19. Asian Water-Buffalo (Yellow Water)
20. Dingo (Kakadu Highway)
21. Black Wallaroo (Nawurlandja)
  • Pine Creek
22. Feral Horse (Pine Creek Cemetery)
23. Feral Cow (Stuart Highway)

Reptiles
  • East Point
16. Gilbert's Dragon
17. Blunt-Spined Monitor
  • Territory Wildlife Park
18. Douglas' Skink
19. Northern Yellow-Faced Turtle
  • Howard Springs NP
20. Merten's Water-Monitor
  • Fogg Dam
21. Freshwater Crocodile
22. Saltwater Crocodile
  • Kakadu NP
23. Frilled Lizard (Jabiru)
24. Freckled Monitor (Old Cooinda Road)
25. Amax Rainbow-Skink (Nourlangie Rock)
26. Common Tree-Snake (Nourlangie Rock)

Amphibians
  • Jabiru
5. Roth's Tree-Frog
 
& the birds...
Birds
  • East Point
230. Pied Imperial-Pigeon
231. Rainbow Pitta
232. Yellow White-Eye
  • Darwin Botanic Gardens
233. Barking Owl
234. Red-Collared Lorikeet
235. White-Gaped Honeyeater
  • Darwin
236. Rufous-Throated Honeyeater
  • Buffalo Creek
237. Common Sandpiper
238. Grey Plover
239. Lesser Sand-Plover
240. Northern Fantail
241. Red-Headed Honeyeater
242. Rufous-Banded Honeyeater
243. Sanderling
244. Terek Sandpiper
  • Lee Point Dam
245. Bar-Breasted Honeyeater
246. Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin
247. Crimson Finch
248. Masked
Finch
249. Paperbark Flycatcher
  • Fogg Dam
250. Glossy Ibis
251. Green Pygmy-Goose
252. Grey Whistler
  • South Alligator Floodplains (Kakadu NP)
253. Marsh Sandpiper
  • Mamukala Wetlands (Kakadu NP)
254. Arafura Fantail
255. Blue-Winged Kookaburra
256. Lemon-Bellied Flycatcher
257. Pied Heron
258. Red-Kneed Dotterel
  • Cahills Crossing (Kakadu NP)
259. Eastern Koel
260. Helmeted Friarbird
  • Jabiru Lake (Kakadu NP)
261. Black-Breasted Buzzard
262. Brush Cuckoo
263. Channel-Billed Cuckoo
264. Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo
  • Yellow Water (Kakadu NP)
265. Black Bittern
266. Brolga
267. Shining Flycatcher
268. Wandering Whistling-Duck
  • Nourlangie Rock (Kakadu NP)
269. Banded Fruit-Dove
270. Northern Rosella
  • Nawurlandja (Kakadu NP)
271. Chestnut-Quilled Rock-Pigeon
272. Sandstone Shrike-Thrush
  • Mary River Ranger Station (Kakadu NP)
273. Silver-Backed Butcherbird
  • Pine Creek Water Gardens
274. Hooded Parrot
275. Long-Tailed Finch
 
At Moonlit this afternoon. I have seen common blue-tongues at Moonlit before but never blotched. Still i am surprised this is the first time I've recorded blotched on my list.

Reptiles
13. Blotched blue-tongue skink Tiliqua nigrolutea

Invertebrates
79. Common brown crane fly Leptotarsus costalis (new Family)
 
Mehdi said:
Birded on Saturday these last two weeks, witnessing what makes the English coast so special birding wise!

Started last Saturday (the 12th), I payed a visit to a few waxwings that had been lingering in Eastfield (near Seamer) for nearly a week then. Unfortunately, like I knew was very much possible as there was only one waxwing left the day before, they had already left the rowan trees they like. Still, a nice trip that rewarded me with four lifers (including two seen while on the train)!

Today, however, was much more fruitful. I've been wanting to go to the coast again (after my fantastic visit to Spurn) and seeing that a Dusky warbler had been lingering in Filey for a couple days now was the perfect excuse to do so. So, I took the train this morning, planning on birding the full day (or so in Filey). Not only did the Dusky warbler show up almost instantly (and gave nice views overall) but there were plenty of other interesting species to me, including some that are very rare in Morocco:

BIRDS:
12/11/2022 (Flaxton, North Yorkshire [#200], Old Malton, North Yorkshire [#201], Eastfield, North Yorkshire [#202])
200 - Rook, Corvus frugilegus
201 - Red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa
202 - Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula
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19/11/2022 (Filey, North Yorkshire [#203-210])
203 - Coal tit, Periparus ater
204 - Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus
205 - Goldcrest, Regulus regulus
206 - Little auk, Alle alle
207 - European rock pipit, Anthus petrosus
208 - Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima
209 - Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea
210 - Mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus

MAMMALS:
12/11/2022 (Ganton, North Yorkshire [#11])
11 - European hare, Lepus europaeus

Apart from the Dusky warbler, the Little auk was also very nice to see at Filey. This weekend has been impressive for sightings of that species, with hundreds all over the Yorkshire coast. While everyone was focused on trying to get good pictures of the Dusky warbler, I slipped away for a little and found a confiding Arctic tern not far away. A very late one at that as it should already be in its wintering grounds in Africa! It is only my second time seeing the species.
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While looking back at my year list and comparing it to my life list, I realised I forgot to list many species that I had seen this year:

BIRDS:
175 - Fulvous babbler, Argya fulva
186 - Red kite, Milvus milvus
188 - Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
206 - Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus
207 - Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula

So I was on 215 species when seeing the Mistle thrush. Since then, a visit to Harewood Bird Garden gave me a very nice lifer, a bird/zoo-unrelated trip to London gave me a few more year additions and a frustrating and failed attempt at twitching the King eider that has been seen for days now at Redcar still gave me two great lifers:

BIRDS:
23/11/2022 (Harewood Bird Garden, West Yorkshire [#216])
216 - White-throated dipper, Cinclus cinclus
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30/11/2022 (Regent's Park, Greater London [#217-220])
217 - Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
218 - Ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri
219 - Common pochard, Aythya ferina
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03/12/2022 (Redcar, North Yorkshire [#220-222])
220 - Common eider, Somateria mollissima
221 - European shag, Gulosus aristotelis
222 - Black-throated loon, Gavia arctica
 
The year is ending, and it's unlikely that at this time I find new species not seen before in the year, so here is my list of what I've seen in 2022:

MAMMALS:
1. Felis catus
2. Mus musculus
3. Oryctolagus cuniculus
4. Pipistrellus pipistrellus
5. Rattus norvergicus

BIRDS:
1. Accipiter nisus
2. Acrocephalus scirpaceus
3. Aegithalos caudatus
4. Alcedo atthis
5. Alectoris rufa
6. Alopochen aegyptiacus
7. Anas platyrhynchos
8. Apus apus
9. Ardea alba
10. Ardea cinerea
11. Bubulcus ibis
12. Buteo buteo
13. Cairina moschata
14. Carduelis carduelis
15. Carduelis chloris
16. Certhia brachydactyla
17. Cettia cetti (songs only)
18. Ciconia ciconia
19. Columba livia
20. Columba palumbus
21. Corvus corax
22. Corvus corone
23. Corvus monedula
24. Cygnus olor
25. Delichon urbica
26. Egretta garzetta
27. Emberiza cia
28. Erithacus rubecula
29. Falco tinnunculus
30. Fringilla coelebs
31. Galerida theklae
32. Gallinula chloropus
33. Grus grus
34. Gypaetus barbatus
35. Gyps fulvus
36. Hippolais polyglotta
37. Hirundo rustica
38. Larus cachinnans
39. Larus ridibundus
40. Luscinia megarhynchos (songs only)
41. Merops apiaster
42. Milvus migrans
43. Milvus milvus
44. Motacilla alba
45. Nycticorax nycticorax
46. Oenanthe leucura
47. Oriolus oriolus (songs only)
48. Otus scops (songs only - heard until end of November!)
49. Parus ater
50. Parus caeruleus
51. Parus major
52. Passer domesticus
53. Passer montanus
54. Phalacrocorax carbo
55. Phoenicurus ochruros
56. Phylloscopus collybita
57. Pica pica
58. Psittacula krameri
59. Ptyonoprogne rupestris
60. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
61. Remiz pendulinus (first time seeing actually one up close for long time, previous records were songs or indistnct quick sights)
62. Serinus serinus
63. Streptopelia decaocto
64. Sturnus unicolor
65. Sylvia atricapilla
66. Sylvia undata
67. Turdus merula
68. Turdus viscivorus

REPTILES:
1. Podarcis hispanica
2. Podarcis muralis
3. Psammodromus algirus
4. Tarentola mauritanica

FISHES:
1. Cyprinus carpio
2. Gambusia holbrooki
3. Leuciscus cephalus (LIFER)
4. Silurus glanis (LIFER)

INVERTEBRATES:
1. Abax parallelepipedus
2. Acmaeodera cylindrica
3. Acmaeodera degener
4. Acontia lucida
5. Acrotylus insubricus
6. Aculepeira ceropegia
7. Adalia bipunctata
8. Adela australis
9. Aedes albopictus (second sight in my life, first sight in Europe, on my arm, I was unable both to photograph it and to kill it)
10. Aelia rostrata
11. Agalenatea redii
12. Agelena labyrinthica
13. Aglais urticae
14. Agriphila tristella
15. Agrotis puta
16. Aiolopus thalassinus
17. Amblyteles armatorius
18. Ameles spallanzania
19. Ametastegia glabrata (LIFER)
20. Anacridium aegyptium
21. Anastrangalia sanguinolenta
22. Anatis ocellata - second sight in my life and the first was in year 2000 before I had a digital camera! very happy with this one!
23. Anax parthenope
24. Ancistrocerus quadratus
25. Ancyrosoma leucogrammes
26. Andrena florea (LIFER, various individuals, but never stopping flying and I was with a group, no chance of stay here for long trying to photograph them - so no photos)
27. Andrenosoma albibarbe
28. Anogcodes seladonius
29. Anthaxia fulgurans
30. Anthaxia hungarica
31. Anthaxia millefolii
32. Anthaxia scutellaris
33. Anthidium strigatum
34. Anthocharis cardamines
35. Anthocharis euphenoides
36. Anthomyia illocata (LIFER, but it escaped without a photo)
37. Anthomyia pluvialis
38. Anthrenus pimpinellae
39. Anthrenus verbasci
40. Anyphaena accentuata
41. Aphaenogaster senilis
42. Aphantaulax trifasciata
43. Apis mellifera
44. Aporia crataegi
45. Araneus diadematus
46. Araniella cucurbitina
47. Arctia caja
48. Arctia villica
49. Arge cyanocrocea
50. Arge gracilicornis
51. Arge ochropus
52. Arion ater
53. Arion rufus
54. Armadillidium vulgare
55. Armadillo officinalis
56. Attagenus trifasciatus
57. Atyaephyra desmaresti
58. Autographa gamma
59. Bombus pascuorum
60. Bombus terrestris
61. Brachyderes lusitanicus
62. Brevicoryne brassicae
63. Cacyreus marshalli
64. Calliphora vicina
65. Calliphora vomitoria
66. Calomicrus circumfusus
67. Calopteryx virgo
68. Camponotus cruentatus
69. Camptopus lateralis
70. Cantharis lateralis
71. Cantharis rustica
72. Capsodes flavomarginatus
73. Capsodes gothicus
74. Carcharodus lavatherae
75. Carpocoris fuscispinus
76. Cataglyphis iberica
77. Centrocoris spiniger
78. Centrotus cornutus
79. Cercopis intermedia
80. Cetonia aurata
81. Chaitophorus populeti
82. Cheilosia illustrata
82. Cheiracanthium mildei
83. Chelifer cancroides
84. Chitona suturalis
85. Choreutis nemorana
86. Chorthippus parallelus
87. Chrysanthia viridissima
88. Chrysolina americana
89. Chrysolina haemoptera
90. Chrysolina herbacea
91. Chrysomela populi
92. Chrysoteuchia culmella
93. Chrysotoxum intermedium
94. Cladius pectinicornis
95. Clogmia albipunctata
96. Clytus arietis
97. Coccinella septempunctata
98. Codophila varia
99. Colias alfacariensis
100. Colias crocea
101. Colpa quinquecincta
102. Conocephalus discolor
103. Coptocephala scopolina
104. Coreus marginatus
105. Coriomeris affinis
106. Corizus hyoscyami
107. Cornu aspersum
108. Corythucha ciliata
109. Crematogaster scutellaris
110. Crocothemis erythraea
111. Cryptocephalus bipunctatus
112. Cupido minimus
113. Cupido osiris
114. Deraeocoris ribauti
115. Diaea dorsata
116. Dicranocephalus albipes
117. Dinoptera collaris
118. Dolycoris baccarum
119. Eccoctopus longitarsis (second sight in my life, a healthy population, not seen since before 2000 and I only had the photo of the pinned individual of my former collection until this year)
120. Ectophasia crassipennis
121. Ematurga atomaria
122. Embia ramburi
123. Empusa pennata
124. Enicopus ibericus
125. Enolmis userai
126. Eobania vermiculata
127. Ephoron virgo
128. Epirrhoe tristata
129. Episyrphus balteatus
130. Erebia meolans
131. Eristalinus taeniops
132. Eristalis arbustorum
133. Eristalis tenax
134. Erynnis tages
135. Ethmia aurifluella (second sight in my life)
136. Eublemma pulchralis
137. Eudonia angustea
138. Eupeodes corollae
139. Eurrhypis pollinalis
140. Eurydema cyanea
141. Euryopis episinoides
142. Euscelidius variegatus
143. Evania appendigaster
144. Evarcha arcuata
145. Exhyalanthrax muscarius (maybe lifer - at least new species for my photo archive, but horrible quality photos)
146. Exosoma lusitanicum
147. Forficula auricularia
148. Galleria melonella (LIFER, I had only seen a captive-reared specimen previously)
149. Gammarus pulex
150. Gomphocerippus rufus (second sight in my life)
151. Gonepteryx cleopatra (first time ever than a Gonepteryx visit my city and my garden)
152. Gonepteryx rhamni
153. Gonocerus acuteangulatus
154. Graphomya maculata
155. Graphosoma lineatum
156. Gryllus bimaculatus
157. Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
158. Halyomorpha halys (First record ever for my area, recently published in a short note in entomological magazine)
159. Hamearis lucina
160. Helicoverpa armigera
161. Hellula undalis
162. Hemipenthes morio
163. Heriaeus oblongus
164. Heteralonia rivularis
165. Heterogynis canalensis
166. Hipparchia fidia
167. Hipparchia statilinus
168. Holcocranum saturejae
169. Holotrichapion pisi
170. Horistus orientalis
171. Horvathiolus syriacus
172. Hyalopterus pruni
173. Hybomitra aterrima
174. Hydriris ornatalis
175. Hylaeus variegatus
176. Hymenoplia chevrolati
177. Hypera variabilis
178. Icerya purchasi
179. Icius hamatus
180. Idaea mediaria (LIFER)
181. Idolus picipennis (maybe lifer - at least new species for my photo archive)
182. Inachis io
183. Iphiclides feisthamelii
184. Iris oratoria (egg-case only, but still unhatched)
185. Ischnura elegans
186. Ischnura graellsii
187. Isodontia mexicana
188. Issus coleoptratus
189. Labidura riparia
190. Lachnaia tristigma
191. Lachnus roboris
192. Lampides boeticus
193. Larinia lineata
194. Lasiommata megera
195. Lathys humilis
196. Lehmannia valentiana
197. Lepisma saccharina
198. Leptidea sinapis
199. Leptopterna dolabrata (maybe lifer - at least new species for my photo archive)
200. Leptotes pirithous
201. Lestica clypeata
202. Libelloides hispanicus
203. Limenitis reducta
204. Liorhyssus hyalinus
205. Liparoderus venator
206. Lobonyx aeneus
207. Lycaeides idas
208. Lycaena hippothoe (second sight in my life)
209. Lycaena phlaeas
210. Macroglossum stellatarum
211. Macrophya montana
212. Macroplax fasciata
213. Macrosiphum rosae
214. Mangora acalypha
215. Maniola jurtina
216. Megalonotus praetextatus (it landed in the table where I was lunching outdoors, it scaped without photo, it would have been new for my photo archive)
217. Melingethes aeneus
218. Melyris oblonga
219. Meria tripunctata
220. Merodon funestus
221. Messor barbarus
222. Micromus variegatus
223. Milax gagates
224. Misumena vatia
225. Monopis crocipella
226. Monoxia obesula (second sight in my life, first in my area)
227. Musca domestica
228. Myathropa florea
229. Mylabris quadripunctata
230. Mythimna unipuncta
231. Nematopogon schwarziella (maybe lifer - first time I can photograph a Nematopogon, previous one flied away)
232. Nemobius sylvetris
233. Neottiglossa lineata
234. Nesotes nigroaeneus
235. Nezara viridula
236. Noctua pronuba
237. Nomophila noctuella
238. Nowickia ferox
239. Ochlodes sylvanus
240. Odezia atrata
241. Oedemera flavipes
242. Oedemera lurida
243. Oedemera podagrariae
244. Ommatoiulus rutilans
245. Omophlus rufitarsis
246. Oniscus asellus
247. Opisthograptis luteolata
248. Opomyza florum
249. Otala punctata
250. Oulema melanopus
251. Oxythyrea funesta
252. Pachyrhinus squamosus
253. Pachytodes cerambyciformis
254. Pachyxiphus lineellus
255. Pammene aurana
256. Panorpa communis
257. Papilio machaon
258. Pararge aegeria
259. Pentatoma rufipes
260. Peirates stridulus
261. Periplaneta americana
262. Pheidole pallidula
263. Philaenus spumarius
264. Phlepsius intricatus
265. Phlogophora meticulosa
266. Pholcus phalangioides
267. Phyllopertha horticola
268. Physiphora alceae
269. Pieris brassicae
270. Pieris napi
271. Pieris rapae
272. Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi
273. Platycerus caraboides (LIFER)
274. Plodia interpunctella
275. Podagrica fuscicornis
276. Polistes dominula
277. Polydesmus coriaceus
278. Polyommatus icarus
279. Pontia daplidice
280. Porcellionides pruinosus
281. Proatelurina pseudolepisma
282. Procambarus clarkii
283. Psilothrix viridicoerulea
284. Psodos quadrifaria
285. Pyralis farinalis
286. Pyrausta despicata
287. Pyrausta sanguinalis
288. Pyrgus malvae
289. Pyronia bathseba
290. Pyronia cecilia
291. Pyrrhocoris apterus
292. Reticulitermes lucifugus
293. Rhaphigaster nebulosa
294. Rhodanthidium sticticum
295. Rhodometra sacraria
296. Rumina decollata
297. Salticus scenicus (maybe lifer - at least new species for my photo archive)
298. Saturnia pyri (LIFER - until now I only saw a roadkilled specimen and an alive one brought to me in a box, hence in captivity and not in situ. This time was found one almost dead, but still able to move slightly the wings after stimulation, so it counts)
299. Satyrium spini
300. Scaeva pyrastri
301. Scantius aegyptius
302. Sceliphron caementarium
303. Sceliphron curvatum
304. Scenopinus fenestralis
305. Sciocoris microphthalmus
306. Scolia hirta
307. Scopula marginepunctata
308. Scopula ornata
309. Scotopteryx chenopodiata
310. Scythris scopolella
311. Scytodes thoracica
312. Segestria florentina (LIFER)
313. Semiothisa clathrata
314. Siphonoperla torrentium
315. Sphaerophoria scripta
316. Sphingonotis coerulans
317. Sphinx maurorum (second sight of an adult in my life)
318. Spialia sertorius
319. Spodoptera exigua
320. Stenodema laevigatum
321. Stictocephalus bisonia
322. Stomorrhina lunata
323. Stratiomys singularior (larvae only)
324. Sympetrum fonscolombii
325. Synema globosum
326. Synthyma fixa
327. Syritta pipiens
328. Syromastus rhombeus
329. Syrphus vitripennis (maybe lifer - at least new species for my photo archive)
330. Tachina fera
331. Tachycixius venustulus (LIFER - but it hopped without a photo)
332. Tapinoma nigerrimum
333. Tarisa flavescens
334. Tenthredo mesomelas
335. Tettigetta argentata
336. Tettigonia viridissima (nymphs only)
337. Thaumatomyia notata
338. Thea vigintiduopunctata
339. Theba pisana
340. Theridion pallens
341. Thomisus onustus
342.Timandra comae
343.Timarcha perezi
344. Tineola bisselliella
345. Tipula fulvipennis
346. Tipula paludosa
347. Trichodes octopunctatus
348. Trigonophora flammea (LIFER)
349. Tropidopola cylindrica
350. Tyta luctuosa
351. Uresiphita gilvata
352. Vanessa atalanta
353. Vespa crabro
354. Vespula germanica
355. Vespula vulgaris
356. Xanthogaleruca luteola
357. Xanthorrhoe iberica (maybe lifer, at least new species for my photo archive)
358. Xerotricha conspurcata
359. Xylocopa violacea
360. Xylotrechus arvicola (second sight in my life, first was in 1999, this one was in the middle of my city in totally urban environment, I had not the camera with my, I tried to catch it for photograph at home and it FELL AND FLIED disappearing completely arrrrghsggggggsh)
361. Zebrina detrita
362. Zelus renardii
363. Zygaena lavandulae
364. Zygaena romeo (LIFER - the rarest of all the Spanish burnet moths!! very surprising find!)
365. Zygaena trifolii
 
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