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Take at dawn in a closeup of a dragonfly.

Eurasian coot is swimming in the lake in Russia

Dragon-fly, view from above, blue - black, big, sitting on a rock, wings spreaded out, USA, Kenai Peninsula

$Tot: 45-50mm, Ab 30-37mm, Hw 33-38mm.\nIdentification:\nVery similar to O. cancellatum, with which it is found especially in the south-east, and as far west as France. However, it is sleeker, paler and more contrasting. Named for the contrasting white appendages of both sexes.\nBehavior:\nLike O. cancellatum, male often sits on open ground near the water, making very fast, low flights over the water.\nOccurrence:\nDistribution is patchy, but the species is generally not uncommon, stretching to China and Japan.\nHabitat: Open Ponds and Lakes.\nFlight Season: From the end of May to mid-September.\n\nThis nice Skimmer is photographed during a Vacation in France in May 1990. Scanned from a slide.$

a female flat-bellied dragonfly (Libellula depressa) perches on a withered branch. In the background a green meadow. There is a lot of space for text. The dragonfly is photographed from above

A dragonfly spreads its wings, waiting for the sun to dry the dew from its wings.

A male migrant hawker hanging from a bramble in the English countryside.

Dragonfly an efficient hunter on fruit tree

great crested grebe closeup on lake, podiceps cristatus

Shorebird - Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius on green background, wildlife Poland Europe

Wandering tattler on the North coast of Oahu Hawaii

$Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) adult wading in sea\n\nEccles-on-Sea, Norfolk, UK. December$

A female merganser floats leisurely on the blue river

View from Delta del Ebro, in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain.

Natural closeup on a common bluetail damselfly, Ischnura elegans sitting on a green leaf

A Moorhen walks on the ice of a frozen lake

Red-breasted Merganser (mergus serrator) swimming in a messy wetland

The Black-tailed Skimmer is a narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen flying low over the bare gravel and mud around flooded gravel pits and reservoirs.

Striking large black-and-white wader with a thin, straight bill and bright pink legs, found in wetlands with open shallow water throughout much of Africa and Eurasia, often in brackish habitats. Some populations are migratory, departing northerly breeding grounds for warmer southern regions. Often forms noisy colonies on bare ground near water. Essentially unmistakable throughout much of its range, but compare with Pied Stilt in parts of Southeast Asia. Feeds by wading in water, picking from the water surface with its needle-like bill. In flight, long pink legs stick out far beyond the tail. Calls loudly and stridently, especially when alarmed during the breeding season.

$Field characters: Tot 56-64mm, Ab 43-54mm, Hw 37-42mm. Distinctly smaller than most Aeshna species.\n\nThe commonest small hawker. Numerous in much of our area, and although it can be on the wing during most months in the Mediterranean, further north it is especially associated with late summer and autumn, when it may appear in massive migrations. It is usually identified by its size, relative dull colours and the diagnostic yellow \$

Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) is a small wader in the plover bird family.

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is a migratory bird. It feeds on maggots and mollusks in wetlands in Asia, Europe, America and Africa.

A closer look on Senegal Golden Dartlet in Selangor, Malaysia.

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