I collected father and son Richard and Will Haigh from their Apartment near Casares beach, they had been out with me a couple of days ago with two other members of their family. Will was keen to seen some butterflies, moths and bugs and Richard was happy to go along with that.
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| Catacola conversa |
We met up at 7am just as it was getting light and by the time we arrived in Casares village it was fully light. We drove to Penny and John's finca which is situated just outside of the village Casares. Penny had set up a couple of moth traps and we were hoping for a good selection of species.
It was quite blustery when we got there so not a great deal was on show but Will showed a good interest in the 'mothing' procedure and we did see a few very colourful species.
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| Rhinoceros Beetles - smaller male has the larger horn |
After looking at moths we sat on the terrace drinking some of Penny's exquisite coffee whilst watching hoards of Swifts flying over, obviously migrating south. We counted over 500 in a short time, most where Common Swifts but a few Alpine Swifts were with them. We also noted Raven, Red-billed Chough, Booted Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Common Kestrel and Blue Rock Thrush, a couple of Spotted Flycatchers flitted in and out of the bushes just below the terrace.
We left John and Penny and drove to Pinar del Rey to look for some birds but it was extremely quiet, we only saw Jay, Chaffinch and Blue Tit.
The Marchenilla track was much better, we ent a couple of hours watching a good variety of species on show including some superb Short-toed Eagles, Bee-eaters, Melodious Warblers and the prized bird the RUFOUS BUSH ROBIN. This bird is nationally rare and has breed along this track again this year, it gave us a great show.
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| RUFOUS BUSH ROBIN - poor record shot |
It was now mid-afternoon and getting very hot so we called it a day and drove back to Casares Beach where I left Richard and Will.
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