As well as three new species of butterfly, my trip to the Gaume also got me a new dragonfly species with this Western Clubtail. Since then, I've just done a little birding around Amsterdam, where a small nature reserve along the IJ held some Red-crested Pochards, including one female with six ducklings, plus lots of displaying Cuckoos. We also heard one Savi's and several Grasshopper Warblers singing but the highlight, and continuing June's blue theme, was this handsome male Bluethroat, which seemed to be both singing and guarding his recently fledged young.
Bluethroat by Christophe Reijman. Bedankt!
