All day spent in 300 meters of Dragon heaven.
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Steve getting down and clean in some good quality water for a change. |
Steve and I dropped Jayne, Lynn and Barb off in Malaga City before heading a way North to a spot on the Guadalhorce where we have visited a few time now but never get tried of going and this ear was equally as good.
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Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) male. |
We parked and walked down to the water, the course of the river had changed a bit but not as drastically as some in Granada Province after the winter rains.
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Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) female. |
With in seconds we had the first of 7 male Ringed Cascaders (Zygonyx torridus) flying around our heads and several Faded Pincertails (Onychogomphus costae) whizzing around at water level by our feet, AMAZING.
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Ringed Cascaders (Zygonyx torridus). |
Just a short wade and we were surrounded by male and female Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) which were on the bulrush leaves in a narrow fast flowing channel. I came back out of the channel as it was rather too fast flowing and I walked around to a wider stretch seeing at least another 2 male Cascaders.
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Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae). |
In the slacker reach of the river we added Blue-eye (Erythromma lindenii), White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes), Iberian Blue-tail (Ischnura graellsii), Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus), Orange-winged (Trithemis kirbyi) and Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata), Epaulet (Orthetrum chrysostigma) and Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) and Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator).
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Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae). |
I sat down in the river and tried to get some shots of the Faded Pincertail on a perch which it was returning to regularly, it came in once and then I could not find it until I looked at my knee and it was quite happily sat there.
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Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae). |
In the area we also saw Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Kingfisher (Martin Pescador / Alcedo atthis), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti), Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur), Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous), Clouded Yellow (Colias Común / Colias corcea), Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina), Iberian Barbel (Luciobarbus comizo) and Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi).
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Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae). |
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Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae). |
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Faded Pincertail (Onychogomphus costae). |
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Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus). |
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Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus). |
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Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma). |
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Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma). |
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Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata). |
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Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi). |
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White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes). |
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Blue-eye (Erythromma lindenii). |
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