Steve and I headed out for a days local dragonfly hunting.
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Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) male. |
We started the day by making our way to Laguna Chica and I was very pleased to find that the track had been resurfaced which made getting up to the pool far easier.
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Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) male. |
We walked down to the edge of the pool but found we could not get close to the water due to the reedbeds but on the track around the northern edge we saw
Long Skimmers (Orthetrum trinacria) x15+,
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) x3M,
Common Winter Damselfly (Sympecma fusca) 3M-1F, Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) x50+,
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathinerum) x1M,
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) x3M,
Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) x5M-2F and
Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) x2M.
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Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) male. |
Birds included
Grey (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea) and
Purple Herons (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea),
Great Crested (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) and
Little Grebes (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Booted Eagle (
Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus),
Orphean (Curruca Mirlano / Sylvia hortensis),
Subalpine (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans),
Reed (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) and
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus sharpei) and
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and
Blue Tits (Herrerillo Común /
Cyanistes caeruleus),
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta).
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Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) male. |
On our way around to Laguna Grande we called in at a small ditch which looked as though it would be quite good for dragons but all we managed to find was a single male
Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis).
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Common Winter Damselfly (Sympecma fusca). |
Up at Laguna Grande we were amazed to find well over 50
Long Skimmers on the wing, 500+
Red-veined Darters,
Black-tailed Skimmers x20+,
Scarlet Darter x20+,
Common Blue Damselfly x1M,
Orange-winged Dropwing x2M-1F,
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator) x1M,
White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes) x5M and
Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii) x10.
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Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) female. |
Birds included
Eurasian Coot,
Great Crested and
Little Grebes,
Mallard,
Common Pochard (Porrón Común / Aythya ferina),
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus),
Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius) and
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus).
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Western Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans). |
Our last stop of the day was near to home on the Rio Vilano where Steve had found several
Mediterranean Bluet's (Coenagrion caerulescens) x4M-1F,
Southern Skimmers (Orthetrum brunneum) x8M-1F,
Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) x2M,
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator) x1M,
Iberian Blue-tail x20,
Scarlet Darter x3M and Red-veined Darter x4M-1F.
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Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) male. |
We also had views of a soaring group of 13
Black Kites (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), a dark Morph
Booted Eagle (
Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus), an immature
Purple Heron (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea) and a couple of
Greys,
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
Green Sandpiper (Andarrios Grande / Tringa ochropus) and
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi) and
Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa). From here we headed back to the house and sat on the terrace and had a drink.
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Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) female. |
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Mediterranean Bluet (Coenagrion caerulescens). |
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Mediterranean Bluet (Coenagrion caerulescens). |
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