Tarabilla (Saxicola rubicola) estaba pasada en la valle metálico al.ladi de la carretera esta mañana. Suelo verlos revoloteando bajo sobre las cepas fuera de la ventana de la oficina (¡distrayendome de mi trabajo!).

#pajarosdemalaga #wildingmalaga

Believe I just saw a Merlin flying up the valley near Cruce de Árchez! 😎

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Saw red fox on the Árchez road last night. I know they are 10 a penny in many English cities, but here they are scarce and shy; always feels like a privilege to spot one disappearing into the bushes.

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First a shower of rain, then a sighting of a pair of Short-toed Eagle's. Pleasures in late July.

#birdingmalaga #weathermalaga #wildingmalaga

Trying to capture swifts in the evening, that fly screaming over the houses, just for fun - very difficult even with a good camera and lots of experience; with a mobile, mpossible. You'll just have to trust me. They were there; it was glorious.

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Missed getting a shot of the Short-toed eagle this afternoon, but pleased with this chance encounter with an early Grasshopper instar.
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Crag Martin. Obviously it's part of it all; the natural world is not fairyland - but I feel for the live bee being fed to a chick.
I guess that, like a bee-eater she had knocked the bee's sting off on a branch or edge before feeding it to the chicks.

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Bee diving into Pitch Trefoil, nr Sayalonga, Málaga.

#beesmalaga #pollinators #wildingmalaga #malagaspain

Random snout.moth on a door in our village,.Malaga hills, Spain.

#wildingmalaga ##lepidoptera

Yesterday, when I had my good bridge camera, nothing. Today,.when I don't, a pair of crested larks hoping about the vineyard. Not complaining, still a privilege to see them just... a bit frustrating

#crestedlark #bordingmalaga #wildingmalaga

I don't see woodlouses so often here: they are either so deep in the undergrowth of abandoned fieles they are invisible or not present as all undergrowth has been striped away. I find them a delightful family; as a kid I was fascinated by their ability to curl up in a ball.

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Wild mignonette, wayside asphodel, still spring flowers to share

#wildfloweringmalaga #floramalaga #wildingmalaga

'Hoppers near Canillas de Albaida, Málaga 'bout 10 ft frm each other. 1st Oedipoda caerulescens, Blue-winged ghopper. 2nd Aiolopus thalassinus, Slender Green-winged ghopper. The blues are much more common here... or maybe the slenders are really good at hiding!

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Thrilled to see a pair of golden oriols fly across the road and down the valley, while driving to Árchez. No mistaking that bright yellow body and black wings! Not super rare here but shy and surprisingly hard to spot. Made me grin all the way home.
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Saw tiny Mantis in undergrowth dlyestr on a short track walk above Sayalonga, Málaga. Also Goldfinch Crag Martins, Chaffinch and a nice Crested Lark, hopping along a stone wall. No bird pics, only had the mobile. Very nice though.

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When I say things look verdant here after the rains, this is what I mean. I even saw a rabbit that raced out of the grasses by me. Never see rabbits here! What a delight!

#springinmalaga #wildingmalaga

Serin , seen in February - an earlier arrival. These bright songsters are the sound of spring and summer, the Spanish Canary. I am still mainly hearing goldfinches and chaffinches, but I guess the series are on their way.

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The rain brought out these teeny tiny snails

#biodiversity #snailsmalaga #wildingmalaga

Well, at least on thos walk I didn't see plastic...

#nomoreplastic #nolittering #wildingmalaga

Think of poppies as April flowers, but I'm seeing some now, 1st days of March, along with Spanish Vetchling, Broadleaved Everlasting Pea, White Mignonette, the occasional late Friar's cowl.
#wildingmalaga #marchinmalaga

The almond blossom is turning pink and the leaves are coming in. Beautiful.
#almondblossom #februaryinmalaga #wildingmalaga

Birds in town. Collared dove and sparrow.

In the countryside I am now seeing flocks of gold finches and a few serin. Lots of tweeters in the bushes defying me ro get a good look at them, too.

#birdingmalaga #wildingmalaga.

Young ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) seen coming down the forest track from near Venta Maria Guerrera, yesterday.

Lagarto joven que ví ayer en un largo paseo en el parque natural.
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Praying mantis' Ootheca.
Near Cómpeta, Málaga, a couple of days ago.

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Golden-bloomed Grey Longihorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens) on a white asphodel bud, on the Sierra Almijarra hills yesterday evening.
Fantastic antennae!
#wildingmalaga #axarquia #beetlesmalaga

A splendid fungus growing from the fallen pine trunk on which I sat (the trunk, not the fungus) to eat my sandwich and apple on yesterday's walk.
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Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis). Trailing plant common on walls or rocks throughout Málaga. Another small, easy-to-miss plant that's really pretty. #wildingmalaga
Palomillo de muro que se encuentra en muros y rocas en todas partes. Otra pequeña planta que cuando lo mire bien es muy bonita.

It was very peaceful - birdsong, and lots of bees all over the huge amounts of rosemary in flower and the occasional almond tree. A few carpenter bees too. Quite a few people - 1 pair dogwalker, 2 hikers and 3 mountain bikers.

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Carpet moth, Epirrhoe alternata, on a barrel. Sayalonga

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First glimpse of Canillas on yesterday's walk. I saw black restart, flocks of goldfinches, white wagtails and, at the water tank at the top of the village, a grey wagtail. But didn't take my good camera so no bird shots.

#birdingmalaga #canillasdealbaida #wildingmalaga