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Sunday, 30 June 2013
SMALL PINCERTAIL DRAGONFLY Onychogomphus forcipatus Kalloni river, Lesvos Island, Greece
RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa Jose Valverde Visitor Centre, Sevilla, Spain
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Saturday, 29 June 2013
Friday, 28 June 2013
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
EURASIAN JAY Garrulus glandarius ssp. g. g. glaszneri Troodos Village, Kalopanayiotis, Cyprus
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
BARRED WARBLER Sylvia nisoria Central Bog, Ballyieragh South, Cape Clear Island, Co.Cork, Ireland
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Monday, 24 June 2013
Sunday, 23 June 2013
EUROPEAN GREENFINCH [Male] (Carduelis chloris) Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co Dublin, Ireland
SIX SPOT BURNET MOTH (Zygaena filipendulae) The Burrow, Portrane, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Friday, 21 June 2013
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
RED VEINED DARTER DRAGONFLY Sympetrum fonscolombii Laguna Fuentes de Nava, Palencia, Spain
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BLACK REDSTART (Phoenicurus ochruros) Fuente Dé, Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain
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The Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small perching bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae which is the genus Phoenicurus. It is a locally common resident in central and southern Europe and northern Africa. It also occurs in western and central Asia. In the warmer parts of its range it is sedentary. The northern populations migrate in the autumn to spend the winter in southern and western Europe, northern Africa and the Indian sub continent. Text © www.rawbirds.com |
Monday, 17 June 2013
Saturday, 15 June 2013
CONTINENTAL CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo subspecies P. c. sinensis) two adults at Poda Nature Reserve, Burgas, Bulgaria
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Click external link here for detailed species information Click external link here to see distribution map and to hear calls There are a number subspecies recognised including the ground nesting Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) which occurs in Britain and Ireland that breeds on coastal rocky outcrops and on off shore islands. The tree nesting Continental Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) which breeds in Northern Europe extending eastwards to Japan, but has in recent times colonised parts
of southern Britain. This is apparently a rare subspecies in Ireland
with less than 70 records but is in all probably under recorded. |
CONTINENTAL CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo ssp. P. c. sinensis) Poda Nature Reserve, Burgas, Bulgaria
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Click external link here for detailed species information Click external link here to see distribution map and to hear calls There are a number subspecies recognised including the ground nesting Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) which occurs in Britain and Ireland that breeds on coastal rocky outcrops and on off shore islands. The tree nesting Continental Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) which breeds in Northern Europe extending eastwards to Japan, but has in recent times colonised parts
of southern Britain. This is apparently a rare subspecies in Ireland
with less than 70 records but is in all probably under recorded. |
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Monday, 10 June 2013
SQUACCO HERON (Ardeola ralloides) Kalloni Saltpans, Kalloni, Lesvos Island, Greece
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Click here to see distribution map and to hear callsThe Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) is resident south of the Sahara Desert in western, eastern and south eastern Africa, including Madagascar. There is also a small population in Morocco and Tunisia on the North West African coast. This small heron occurs as a summer resident in central and southern Europe as well as in western central Asia. In the autumn, it migrates back to Africa to spend the winter months there. Its diet includes frogs, lizards, small fish and a wide variety of invertebrates. Text © www.rawbirds.com
EUROPEAN MOLE CRICKET Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Skala Kallonis, Lesvos Island, Greece
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Sunday, 9 June 2013
Thursday, 6 June 2013
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY (Aglais io) at Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Wednesday, 5 June 2013
GIANT PEACOCK MOTH (Saturnia pyri) Lesvos Island, Greece
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE HIGHER QUALITY IMAGE Click external link here for detailed species information The Giant Peacock Moth (Saturnia pyri) is of the family Saturniidae which is in the genus Saturnia. It occurs in southern and central Europe, parts of North Africa as well as western, central and eastern Asia. This is the largest species of moth found in Europe with a wing span of up to 20cm. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds |
Labels:
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Greece,
lepidoptera,
Lesvos Island,
moth,
moths,
Moths of Europe,
Moths of Greece,
Moths of Lesvos,
Saturnia pyri
Location:
Lesvos, Greece
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