Up to our knees in Dragons and wastes in water.
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Ringed Cascader (Zygonyx torridus). |
Steve and I headed out to a spot on the Guadalhorce North of Malaga to look for Dragonflies and other wildlife.
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Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae). |
We arrived on site and found that there was a lot more vegetation along the main river and quite a lot more water in a very nice little side tributary.
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White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes). |
We were at the spot by 11.00 and left at 17.00 and spent the whole six hours in an area of just a couple of hundred meters of river where we saw
Large (Onychogomphus uncatus) x1M,
Small (Onychogomphus forcipatus) and
Faded Pincertails (Onychogomphus costae) x12M & 3F,
Ringed Cascader (Zygonyx torridus) x9M,
Blue / Common (Anax imperator) x2 M & 1F and
Lesser Emperors (Anax parthenope) x1M,
Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea) and
Red-veined Darters (Sympetrum fonscolombii),
Orange-winged (Trithemis kirbyi) and
Violet Dropwings (Trithemis annulata),
Southern (Orthetrum brunneum) x1M and
Epaulet Skimmers (Orthetrum chrysostigma) x 2M.
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Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina). |
Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis),
Blue-eye (Erythromma lindenii),
Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii) and
White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes).
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Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae). |
In the same area we had
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) x1,
Greater Short-toed (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) and
Booted Eagles (
Aguila Calzada / Aquila pennatus),
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti),
Common Waxbill (
Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea),
Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Southern Blue (Polyommatus celina),
Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia),
African Grass Blue (Zizeeia knysna),
Mediterranean skipper (Gegenes nostrodamus),
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi),
Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa) and
Viperine Snake (Culebra Viperina / Natrix maura).
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Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi). |
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Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus). |
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Tandem pair of White Featherlegs (Platycnemis latipes). |
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Blue-eye (Erythromma lindenii). |
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Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata). |
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