A quick check on the lake looking for Dragons.
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| Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina). |
I got a few tasks sorted during the cooler part of the day before popping just up the motorway to the man made but well naturalised Balsa de Regidor where after parking I looked to see what was out on the water and found 80+
Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina) which included a good number of ducklings in four broods.
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| Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina). |
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| Common Pochard (Porrón Europeo / Aythya ferina). |
Other bird species seen included Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos), Eurasian Hoopoe (Abubilla Común / Upupa epops), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster), Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oropéndola Europea / Oriolus oriolus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Crested Lark (Cogujada Común / Galerida cristata), Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Sardinian (Curruca Cabecinegra / Curruca melanocephala) and Cetti's Warbler (Cetia Ruiseñor / Cettia cetti), Common Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos),White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).
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| Small Red-eye (Erythromma viridulum). |
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| Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) female. |
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| Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) female. |
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| Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). |
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| Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). |
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| Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). |
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| Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). |
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| Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii). |
Insect wise I picked up
Iberian Bluetail (Ischnura graellsii), Small Red-eye (Erythromma viridulum)
, Blue / Common (Anax imperator) and Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope), Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum), Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii), Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata), Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli),
Bath (Pontia daplidice) and
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Clouded Apollo (
Parnassius mnemosyne),
Long-tailed (Lampides boeticus) and Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) and Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
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| Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli). |
I also added
Perez's Frog (Rana Común / Pelophylax perezi), Andalucian Wall Lizard (Podarcis vaucheri) and Stripe-necked Terrapin (Mauremys leprosa).
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