France; PNR de Millevaches en Limousin
July 2019, list with updates
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) teneral female, Vassivière
15/7/2019 - 17/7/2019; A search for odonata in the PNR de Millevaches en Limousin, in the region formerly called the Limousin, now Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The park covers parts of three departements, the Corrèze, Creuse, and the Haute-Vienne. We used mainly web-based INPN data. Unfortunately no details regarding access to sites is given, or up-to-date info on the status of sites. Many appear to now be badly degraded or totally inaccessible. Some are privately owned with no public access
22/7/2021 - 25/7/21; A repeat visit including a few different sites, omitting some of those visited in 2019. Occasional visits after, in July.
France; PNR de Millevaches en Limousin GALLERY
INFO
INPN Limousin
CEN Limousin
Natura 2000
pnr-millevaches.fr
ODONATA – 28 species. All obs within the park boundary
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo ssp. meridionalis)
Common Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa)
Willow Emerald (Lestes viridis) - 25+ (emergence) - Tarnac 24/7/21
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas)
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Small Red Damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum)
White-legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)
Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis) - 1m Etang de Roudersas 16/7/19, 1f Vassivière 22/7/21, 1m Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) - 2m Étang de Méouze 15/7/19
Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)
Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus) - 1m La Courtine 22/7/21, 1m Étang de Méouze 23/7/21, 1m Tarnac 24/7/21
Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii)
Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea)
Brilliant Emerald (Somatochlora metallica) - 1m La Courtine 22/7/21
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa)
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) - 2m Étang de Méouze 15/7/19, 2m Etang du Bourdeau 16/7/19, 1m Vassivière 22/7/21
Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) - 4m Étang de Méouze 15/7/19, 1m Etang du Bourdeau 16/7/19, 1m Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) - 2 ten Vassivière, 1m 1f Etang du Bourdeau 16/7/19, 2 (pair in cop) Etang du Bourdeau 22/7/21
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) - 2m Étang de Méouze 15/7/19, 2m Etang de Roudersas 16/7/19
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea)
BIRDS
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) - 1 Sornac 24/7/21
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus) – 1 Sornac 16/7/24
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) – 1 Sornac 16/7/24
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) – 1 Bourdeau 16/7/24
Eurasian Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) - 2 Barrage de Langleret (Bujaleuf) 9/7/21
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Common House Martin (Delichon urbica)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba)
Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) - Sornac
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) - 2 ads 1 juv Sornac 24/7/21
Crested Tit (Parus cristatus) - Sornac
Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Common Magpie (Pica pica)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
European Serin (Serinus serinus) – 1 Sornac 16/7/24
European Serin (Serinus serinus)
European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
BUTTERFLIES/MOTHS
Large Chequered Skipper (Heteropterus morpheus)
Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus)
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) - 1 Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne)
Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
6-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)
OTHER INSECTS
Tettigonia viridissima (Great Green Bush-cricket)
Platycleis albopunctata albopunctata (Grey Bush-cricket) - Several, Sornac 25/7/21
Platycleis affinis affinis - 1f Sornac 25/7/21
Roeseliana roeselii (Roesel's Bush-cricket) - Many, Sornac 25/7/21
Chrysochraon dispar dispar (Large Gold Grasshopper) - 1f near Sornac 24/7/21
Stenobothrus lineatus (Stripe-winged Grasshopper) - 1m Sornac 25/7/21
Pseudochorthippus parallelus parallelus (Meadow Grasshopper)
Pentatoma rufipes (Red-legged Shieldbug) - 1 Tarnac 24/7/21
Eristalis nemorum (Syrphidae) - Sornac 17/7/24
Amblyjoppa fuscipennis (Ichneumonidae) - 2f Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
'Ichneumon stramentor male-type' - 1m Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Cryptocheilus versicolor (Pompilidae) - 1 Sornac 25/7/21
Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee)
Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee)
Lixus paraplecticus (Curculionoidea) - 1 Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) teneral female, Vassivière
15/7/2019 - 17/7/2019; A search for odonata in the PNR de Millevaches en Limousin, in the region formerly called the Limousin, now Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The park covers parts of three departements, the Corrèze, Creuse, and the Haute-Vienne. We used mainly web-based INPN data. Unfortunately no details regarding access to sites is given, or up-to-date info on the status of sites. Many appear to now be badly degraded or totally inaccessible. Some are privately owned with no public access
22/7/2021 - 25/7/21; A repeat visit including a few different sites, omitting some of those visited in 2019. Occasional visits after, in July.
France; PNR de Millevaches en Limousin GALLERY
INFO
INPN Limousin
CEN Limousin
Natura 2000
pnr-millevaches.fr
ODONATA – 28 species. All obs within the park boundary
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo ssp. meridionalis)
Common Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa)
Willow Emerald (Lestes viridis) - 25+ (emergence) - Tarnac 24/7/21
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas)
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Small Red Damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum)
White-legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)
Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis) - 1m Etang de Roudersas 16/7/19, 1f Vassivière 22/7/21, 1m Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) - 2m Étang de Méouze 15/7/19
Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)
Western Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus) - 1m La Courtine 22/7/21, 1m Étang de Méouze 23/7/21, 1m Tarnac 24/7/21
Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii)
Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea)
Brilliant Emerald (Somatochlora metallica) - 1m La Courtine 22/7/21
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa)
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) - 2m Étang de Méouze 15/7/19, 2m Etang du Bourdeau 16/7/19, 1m Vassivière 22/7/21
Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) - 4m Étang de Méouze 15/7/19, 1m Etang du Bourdeau 16/7/19, 1m Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) - 2 ten Vassivière, 1m 1f Etang du Bourdeau 16/7/19, 2 (pair in cop) Etang du Bourdeau 22/7/21
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) - 2m Étang de Méouze 15/7/19, 2m Etang de Roudersas 16/7/19
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea)
BIRDS
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) - 1 Sornac 24/7/21
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus) – 1 Sornac 16/7/24
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) – 1 Sornac 16/7/24
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) – 1 Bourdeau 16/7/24
Eurasian Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) - 2 Barrage de Langleret (Bujaleuf) 9/7/21
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Common House Martin (Delichon urbica)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba)
Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) - Sornac
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) - 2 ads 1 juv Sornac 24/7/21
Crested Tit (Parus cristatus) - Sornac
Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Common Magpie (Pica pica)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
European Serin (Serinus serinus) – 1 Sornac 16/7/24
European Serin (Serinus serinus)
European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
BUTTERFLIES/MOTHS
Large Chequered Skipper (Heteropterus morpheus)
Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus)
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia) - 1 Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne)
Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
6-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)
OTHER INSECTS
Tettigonia viridissima (Great Green Bush-cricket)
Platycleis albopunctata albopunctata (Grey Bush-cricket) - Several, Sornac 25/7/21
Platycleis affinis affinis - 1f Sornac 25/7/21
Roeseliana roeselii (Roesel's Bush-cricket) - Many, Sornac 25/7/21
Chrysochraon dispar dispar (Large Gold Grasshopper) - 1f near Sornac 24/7/21
Stenobothrus lineatus (Stripe-winged Grasshopper) - 1m Sornac 25/7/21
Pseudochorthippus parallelus parallelus (Meadow Grasshopper)
Pentatoma rufipes (Red-legged Shieldbug) - 1 Tarnac 24/7/21
Eristalis nemorum (Syrphidae) - Sornac 17/7/24
Amblyjoppa fuscipennis (Ichneumonidae) - 2f Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
'Ichneumon stramentor male-type' - 1m Étang de Méouze 23/7/21
Cryptocheilus versicolor (Pompilidae) - 1 Sornac 25/7/21
Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee)
Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee)
Lixus paraplecticus (Curculionoidea) - 1 Étang de Méouze 23/7/21