Our pre-breakfast swim in the sea this morning produced only a Least Tern flying along the beach as well as the usual gang of Yellow-crowned Night Herons.
There were even more Cuban Kite Swallowtail Eurytides celadon about today with at least 70 seen plus Bahaman swallowtail Heraclides andraemon and one Oviedo's Swallowtail Heraclides oviedo as well.
There were even more Cuban Kite Swallowtail Eurytides celadon about today with at least 70 seen plus Bahaman swallowtail Heraclides andraemon and one Oviedo's Swallowtail Heraclides oviedo as well.
Cuban Kite Swallowtail Eurytides celadon 22 Sept Guardalavaca © Tim Norriss
Good numbers of Tropical Buckeye Junonia zonalis were emerging and pairing up.
Tropical Buckeye Junonia zonalis 22 Sept Guardalavaca © Tim Norriss
And in the woodland near the hotel the Cuban Whiptail Pholidoscelis auberi is the commonest reptile.
Cuban Whiptail Pholidoscelis auberi 22 Sept Guardalavaca © Tim Norriss
Some of the damage to the trees in the hotel gardens caused by Hurricane Irma was still being cleared up by the hotel garden staff, and we were told that at the top of our room block was a terrace where you had a great 360 view of the surrounding countryside - never realised that despite the fact that we have stayed here several times before. Anyway we went up and sure enough there were great views down to the beach, across to the distant hills where we we walked last year with Bernd (and intend to again this trip), and over the freshwater lagoon to Aguada la Piedra where quite a few of the hotel staff live.
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