A few Dragonflies.
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Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus). |
I dropped Jayne off in Malaga and made my way North to a small tree lined river that I had visited a week or so earlier.
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Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea). |
I parked and walked up the dry river bed until I reached a point where there was a small trickle which got stronger as I walked further on, on the way I saw a
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta),
Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos),
Common Waxbill (
Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
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Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos). |
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) and just as I reached
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Adult male Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma). |
the main Dragon area a
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) flushed up. In the main area of water I soon located
Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma),
Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea),
Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis),
Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii),
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator),
Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi),
Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus) and
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata). Also seen during the walk I also saw
Viperine Snake (Culebra Viperina / Natrix maura),
Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa) and
Iberian Water Frog (Rana Común / Rana Perezi).
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Teneral Male Epaulet Skimmer. |
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