A local trip with Jayne, Sue and Sam to look for some Dragonflies.
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Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis). |
We had a steady startand once we were all sorted we just popped down to a local pool along side the A92 to have a look for some dragonflies.
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Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina). |
We arrived and I was surprised to find a dozen or so
Western Cattle Egrets (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis) which were having an afternoon siesta in the dead trees along the margins, along with good numbers of
Common Pochards (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Mallards (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) and
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis). Other birds seen included
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops),
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).
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Female Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata). |
In the water we also saw lots Stripe-necked Terrapins (Mauremys leprosa) and several Iberian Water Frogs (Rana Común / Rana Perezi). The only butterflies noted were several Speckled Woods (Pararge aegeria).
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Male Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata). |
The dragonflies were flying well but not settling often, there were several
Lesser (Anax parthenope) and
Blue / Common Emperors (Anax imperator),
Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii),
Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea),
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum),
Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii),
Small Red-eyed (Erythromma viridulum),
Blue-eye / Goblet-marked Damselfly (Erythromma lindenii),
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) and a couple of
Long Skimmers (Orthetrum trinacria).
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Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum). |
We headed back home before it got too hot and spent the afternoon relaxing.
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