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<blockquote data-quote="GiG" data-source="post: 3481253" data-attributes="member: 6690"><p><strong>11.05.2016 continued</strong></p><p></p><p>Our next stop was in the village of Potochnitsa, stopping near some small farmsteads we saw some butterflies from the vehicle and realised they were <strong>Eastern Festoon</strong>. By the time we got out they had flown off and unfortunately we didn’t see them again. The area was rocky grassland with scattered trees and as we walked along a track we saw <strong>Syrian</strong> and <strong>Green Woodpecker</strong> and a <strong>Sombre Tit</strong> briefly. We scanned a rock-face and could see some <strong>Griffon Vultures</strong> nesting. </p><p></p><p>As we carried on we heard <strong>Chukar</strong> and got brief views of first one flying, then another on the deck. Along the track we found a tortoise that Assen identified as <strong>Spur-thighed Tortoise</strong>, he also said that Horned Viper was in the area but we didn’t come across one but did find <strong>Yellow-bellied Toad</strong>. </p><p></p><p>The track climbed slightly and in an open area with scrub there was <strong>Eastern Orphean Warbler</strong> and on some plants an interesting caterpillar and an insect, <strong>White-spotted Rose Beetle</strong> with a <strong>Knapweed Fritillary</strong> butterfly also. It was very hot so we continued to a side of a hill overlooking a stream below, gladly being shaded by trees. A juvenile <strong>Green Lizard</strong> was found as were some <strong>Fallow Deer</strong> on the opposite hillside. Within the trees at the stream we heard and briefly saw a <strong>Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</strong>. Insects also kept us occupied, particularly an odonatan species that turned out to be a damselfly species, <strong>Odalisque</strong> as well an interesting species that looked part stick insect, part grasshopper, which was later identified as <strong><em>Saga natoliae</em></strong>, a type of predatory bush cricket. </p><p></p><p>1.Potochnitsa</p><p>2.Spur-thighed Tortoise</p><p>3.Yellow-bellied Toad</p><p>4.Knapweed Fritillary</p><p>5.<em>Saga natoliae </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GiG, post: 3481253, member: 6690"] [B]11.05.2016 continued[/B] Our next stop was in the village of Potochnitsa, stopping near some small farmsteads we saw some butterflies from the vehicle and realised they were [B]Eastern Festoon[/B]. By the time we got out they had flown off and unfortunately we didn’t see them again. The area was rocky grassland with scattered trees and as we walked along a track we saw [B]Syrian[/B] and [B]Green Woodpecker[/B] and a [B]Sombre Tit[/B] briefly. We scanned a rock-face and could see some [B]Griffon Vultures[/B] nesting. As we carried on we heard [B]Chukar[/B] and got brief views of first one flying, then another on the deck. Along the track we found a tortoise that Assen identified as [B]Spur-thighed Tortoise[/B], he also said that Horned Viper was in the area but we didn’t come across one but did find [B]Yellow-bellied Toad[/B]. The track climbed slightly and in an open area with scrub there was [B]Eastern Orphean Warbler[/B] and on some plants an interesting caterpillar and an insect, [B]White-spotted Rose Beetle[/B] with a [B]Knapweed Fritillary[/B] butterfly also. It was very hot so we continued to a side of a hill overlooking a stream below, gladly being shaded by trees. A juvenile [B]Green Lizard[/B] was found as were some [B]Fallow Deer[/B] on the opposite hillside. Within the trees at the stream we heard and briefly saw a [B]Lesser Spotted Woodpecker[/B]. Insects also kept us occupied, particularly an odonatan species that turned out to be a damselfly species, [B]Odalisque[/B] as well an interesting species that looked part stick insect, part grasshopper, which was later identified as [B][I]Saga natoliae[/I][/B], a type of predatory bush cricket. 1.Potochnitsa 2.Spur-thighed Tortoise 3.Yellow-bellied Toad 4.Knapweed Fritillary 5.[I]Saga natoliae [/I] [/QUOTE]
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