Dragon hunting with Steve.
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| Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus). |
We drove over to Ardales, on the way we saw 2x
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo),
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus),
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and
Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata).
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| Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus). |
We arrived at the spot we have visited a few times in the past looking for dragons, we parked and walked around the field to the spot were we soon found 4♂
Small Pincertails (Onychogomphus forcipatus), 2♂
Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis), 20+
White Featherlegs (Platycnemis latipes), 1♂
Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi),
Carpentor Bee (Xylocopa violacea),
Striped Grayling (Pseudotergumia fidia),
Cardinal Fritillary (Argynnis pandora),
Holly (Celastrina argiolus),
Long-tailed (Lampides baeticus) and
Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous),
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) and
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
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| Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus). |
Birds included
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Común / Certhia brachydactyla),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and
Blue Tits (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus).
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| Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi). |
Near the car we also found a large
Hornets (Vespa crabro) nest in the Oak tree next to the parking spot.
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| Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi). |
Further along the road we stopped again and checked another area of the same river, here we saw more
Small Pincertails,
Orange-winged Dropwings,
White Featherlegs,
Copper Demoiselle as well as 2♂
Scarlet Darters (Crocothemis erythraea), 2♂ and 2♀
Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator),
Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii),
Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera),
Mediterranean skipper (Gegenes nostrodamus) and
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).
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| Scarlet Darters (Crocothemis erythraea). |
Our next stop was just below the bridge over the river which runs through the Teba Gorge, in a couple of small pools there we added 2♂
Epaulet (Orthetrum chrysostigma) and 2♂ and 1♀
Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) along with 15+♂
Scarlet Darters, 2♂ and 1♀
Iberian Blue-tail and 2♂ and 1♀
Orange-winged Dropwings.
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| Scarlet Darters (Crocothemis erythraea). |
We moved on again to a spot near Salinas but most of the sites there were dry, whoever we did see 1♂
Epaulet, 2♂
Keeled and 2♂
Southern Skimmers (Orthetrum brunneum),
Orange-winged Dropwing and
Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta).
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| ♀ Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator). |
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| ♀ Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator). |
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| Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi). |
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| Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi). |
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| Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens). |
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