red-legged crake - at last!

The only new bird for me during a month in Singapore and Malaysia was this splendid red-legged crake. If you are ever in Singapore for a layover head to the Botanical Gardens and work the Heliconia Walk (easy of Symphony Lake) in the late afternoon and get ready for stellar views.

Chalybeothemis chini

Enjoying a recce in southern Peninsular Malaysia, chasing a few of the species missed in the 2013 tour. One of the recent highlights was this Chalybeothemis chini. Described as recently as 2007 by the great Dow and still only known from the type locality (Tasek Chini) and two other locations. (Kepong Botanical Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.)

Melanthia procellata in the garden

Nice surprise in the garden trap this morning. A fresh Melanthia procellata, first recorded in Skåne in 1996, this is the first for Båstad kommun.

raphismia bispina - first for Halmahera

Raphismia bispina, Weda, Halmahera, 20190430, perhaps the first record for the island?

nososticta halmahera

Nososticta halmahera, perhaps the first shot in the wild since it was described in 2015. Weda, Halmahera, 20190430.

Zenithoptera lanei

One of the highlights of any trip to the REGUA area is seeing this little gem - Zenithoptera lanei - a stunning libellulid.

hadrothemis scabrifrons

A highlight of the recent Greentours trip to Tanzania for me was my first Hadrothemis scabrifrons - a stunning libellulid. The clients kindly indulged me whilst I got some images and generally freaked out!

platycypha auripes

Platycypha auripes - a Eastern Arc endemic from Tanzania.

Hesperocordulia berthoudi

One of the odo-highlights of the recent Odonatours recce to Western Australia was a morning spent watching Hesperocordulia berthoudi at Fernhook Falls (Mount Frankland NP).

hawk-owl

Lotta and I had a charming ten minutes with the BK northern hawk-owl today. A nice end to a quiet year in BK for me (too much overseas work in spring and autumn to amass my usual 200 species for the year...).

honey possum

This honey possum at Cheyne's Beach (WA) was easily the best mammal of a recent dragonfly tour to SW Australia.

serendib scops-owl

The birds of Sri Lanka largely surrendered during an Odonata tour there this spring, the easy highlight was this roosting Serendib scops-owl at Kithulgala.