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Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts
Saturday, 23 November 2013
LITTLE OWL Athene noctua Ria Formosa, Natural Park, Tavira, Portugal
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
LITTLE OWL Athene noctua Ria Formosa Natural Park ,Tavira, Portugal
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Saturday, 20 July 2013
Saturday, 6 July 2013
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Friday, 17 May 2013
EUROPEAN SERIN (Serinus serinus) Ria Formosa Natural Park, Tavira, Portugal
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Thursday, 16 May 2013
RED RUMPED SWALLOW (Cecropis daurica) Castro Verde, Portugal
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
EMPEROR DRAGONFLY (Anax imperator) pair mating, Castro Verde, Portugal
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Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) or Blue Emperor Dragonfly is of the family Aeshnidae which is in the genus Anax.
This large and powerful species is a voracious predator of other flying
insects. Prey items including medium sized dragonflies, damselflies,
butterflies and other flying invertebrates are captured on the wing but
it tends to avoid predating
bees, wasps and hard shelled flying insects such as beetles. Probably as
a
result of climate change, in the last 20 years or so it has greatly
expanded its range north ward. Now relatively common throughout the
Western Palearctic, excluding Iceland and the vast majority of
Scandinavia. In the Eastern Atlantic it occurs on all the Macaronesian
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Location:
Castro Verde, Portugal
Saturday, 13 April 2013
CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis
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Friday, 12 April 2013
Thursday, 11 April 2013
TAWNEY PIPIT Anthus campestris Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana, Castro Verde, Portugal
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Saturday, 6 April 2013
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Monday, 18 February 2013
MELODIOUS WARBLER (Hippolais polyglotta) Tavira, Portugal
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CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE HIGHER QUALITY IMAGE Click here for detailed species information Click here to see distribution map and to hear calls The Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) is of the warbler family Acrocephalidae which is in the genus Hippolais. It is a common breeding summer resident in southwest Europe and northwest Africa. In Mid September, it migrates south to spend the winter in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ireland it's a rare but annual over shooting spring and autumn migrant to south coast headlands where it needs to be separated with care from the very similar Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina) which has noticeably longer primary projections being equal in length to the tertials. Melodious Warbler primary projections are half the length of its tertials. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
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Sunday, 10 February 2013
WESTERN ORPHEAN WARBLER Sylvia hortensis Tavira, Portugal
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Friday, 8 February 2013
SARDINIAN WARBLER [Male] (Sylvia melanocephala) Parque Natural da Ria Formosa, Tavira, Portugal
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