Local patch fun

[Vlad Cioflec]

This Saturday we took our daughter to the local patch and we had a blast!

Habitat

Not only did we find lots of new birds for the patch`s list, including the rare Red-rumped Swallow, but also managed to add a new herp species as well - Triturus cristatus.

Great Crested Newt

The usual suspects:

Marsh Frog

Grass Snake

Sand Lizard

Best part is that we photographed some cool new bugs:

Melasoma populi
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Dorcadion (Pedestredorcadion) pedestre

Thanks for looking!
Vlad

[Tom Hoogesteger]

Wow! That's a very good looking sand lizard!

[Vlad Cioflec]

Yes, this time of the year they are total eye candy.
And when you flip one, feels like finding buried treasure; it`s like seeing a nice big emerald!