A walk around the lake looking for Dragons.
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| Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo). |
Jayne, Sue and Barb wee going for a walk around the Telford Town Centre so I got them to drop me off at the lake where the first call was at the sandwich van before I had a Clockwise walk around the lake.
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| Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo). |
I started off along the southern shore line counting a few of the bird species as I went, the first counts were Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra) x61, Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus) 11, Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) x25, Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus) x9, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) x1, Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor) x8, Greylag Geese (Ansar Común / Anser anser) x2 and Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirudo) x1.
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| Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos). |
As I walked in to an area of grassland between the scrub patches I found the first of many Common Blue Damselflies (Enallagma cyathinerum), Peacock (Aglais io) butterfies and Gatekeepers (Pyronia tithonus).
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| Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos). |
Around the edges of the grassland areas i found several Brown Hawkers (Aeshna grandis) moving between the Hawthorn bushes, a couple of Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) which were sunning themselves on the paths and both Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) and Green-veined White (Pieris napi) in the longer grass.
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| Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathinerum). |
As I reached the Boating ramp I had much better views of the Mute Swan Family, Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus) x3, Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis) x3 and a couple of Reed Warblers (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) in the reed beds opposite, here I also found a few Red-eyed Damselflies (Erythromma najas) and a single male Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator).
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| Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathinerum). |
As I continued on around towards the more wooded side of the lake heard and then saw a small group of Bullfinches (Camachuelo Común / Pyrrhula pyrrhula), along with Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis), Goldcrest (
Regulus regulus) x1, Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica),
Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Rook (Graja / Corvus frugilegus) x3,
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula) and
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes).
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| Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathinerum). |
Along the walk through the woods
Common Treecreeper (Agateador Norteño / Certhia familiaris), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater),
Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and
Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) x 120+,
House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus),
Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus) x1,
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula) and
Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis), as well as
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus),
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and
Large White (Pieris brassicae).
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| Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor). |
As I walked back to the car park and saw the first hirundines of the day when a mixed group of
Barn Swallows (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
House Martins (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) flew around high up with a single
Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and a couple of soaring Common Buzzards (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).
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| Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor). |
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| Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor). |
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| Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor). |
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| Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum). |
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| Peacock (Aglais io). |
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| Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus). |
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| Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus). |
