In addition to my post of 5th December. You never know what can be found if you are out there. We are birders but I find it odd, (even peculiar!) not to pay attention to the small stuff. Some days have been quiet birding days but the butterflies (Mariposas) have made that day a beautiful and a much better one.
We asked around for conformation of what this caterpillar could be. It is a Lasiocampo Serrula. The location for our photos were on the edge of a lagoon at San Pedro del Pinatar on the border of Murcia with Alicante. A little research shows it can be found in Southern England and Wales. With one location identified at Dungeness. A brown moth with a white mark on each wing. Birds are a full time interest for many of us and moths and butterflies and everything else that is small and flies is sometimes too much to take in! Anyway it is all out there.
Birds of Spain gave us a warning that there site was for birds only. They might have got the hump because we put three photos on and that might have been one too many. Fair enough but we only asked and said you can delete it if you wish. Some people are so ‘precious’ and a warning about not being curious - was that necessary. After all the small stuff are all part of the birding food chain. Perhaps the keyboard warrior was having an off-day?
This probably will not be my last post for 2022 but if it is do what you can for wildlife. These two birds made me smile a lot. One amazing first with Bryan up Monnegre was the Orphean Warbler which was delightful and just recently the Grey Phalarope at La Mata. All I need is the Rednecked one to fly in.
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