Looking for a few Dragonflies on the patch.
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Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus) male.
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I had a walk out over the Olive groves past the farm at the far end and down onto the Arroyo, on the way I had
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),
Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Hoopoe (Abubilla / Upupa epops), Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Little Owl (Mochuelo Europeo / Athene noctua),
Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) and
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus).
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Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) male. |
I also had
Bath White (Pontia daplidice),
Clouded Yellow (Colias corceua),
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina),
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas),
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), Southern Brown Argus (Aricia cramera),
Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis), Common Vetch (Vicia sativa), Mallow-leaved Convolvulus (Convolvulus althaeoides),
Ornithogalum narbonense and
Prickly Poppy (Papaver argenone).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7bEsGKJwe8BbWE6JH6fImIesEVZ60_mnwuLy0P3j_gQsQ85i5Fl3LcfAHi1XYhYYB7ceBru-5GmrYVpjgDG0w-mZOeiR-mzjMwAzockOY8oaRaUUxzsNbGGBR4hvibCSoQFfpcHj1vQ/w640-h416/18th-May-21-5.jpg) |
Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) male. |
I walked down stream towards the fields finding Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor), House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica), Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Little Ringed Plover (Chorlitejo Chico / Charadrius dubius), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata), Common Waxbill (Estrilda Ondulada / Estrilda astrild), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti) and a pale morph Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zz6M9XJ_i4QfjZInE2DQScY5hHWqJH45zuFgxDwDeiu_j4cKWI0m4SbW1ogBivsFgGF8KeSzJX1EofiV50gxd9Nn2NNsp7hQA2KLLSpnSb8zj9QHmRp0i3l4HdqwiqbQEKyeXJHeLg0/w640-h444/18th-May-21-3.jpg) |
Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) male.
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I started to find more Dragons as I dropped down stream which included at least 5x male Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus), 6x male Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum), 3x male Orange-winged Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi), 2x male Blue / Common Emperor (Anax imperator) and 1x Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii).
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Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii). |
I returned to the bridge and then went up stream a short way where I added 2x male Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea) as well as Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Rush Loosestrife (Lythrum junceum) and Small Fleabane (Pulicaria vulgaris).
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