An hour with some special dragons.
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| Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma). |
On our way to do some shopping in Malaga area I managed an hour in a ditch with quite a few Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma) but they were very flighty and difficult to get some shots of.
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| Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma). |
In the same area there were loads of teneral
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) and quite a few
Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii) of different colour phases.
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| Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma). |
In the same area there were
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis),
Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis),
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Red-rumped (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirudo daurica) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Monk Parakeet (Cotorra Argentina / Myiopsitta monachus),
Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata) and
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata).
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| Female teneral Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). |
There were also a few butterflies including
Bath White (Pontia daplidice),
Clouded Yellow (Colias corcea),
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas),
Small White (
Pieris rapae) and
Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina).
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| Male teneral Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). |
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| Female teneral Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). |
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| Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii) female. |
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