Dragonflies of North Bohemia Quest For Whitefaces Yellow-spotted Emerald (Somatochlora flavomaculata)

Green Snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia)

NORTH BOHEMIA By visiting the region in a transitional period nestled right in the middle of Europe North between spring and summer we will hope to catch Bohemia (formerly also part of Sudeten) is an easy many early flying species. It is an easy going to reach region with many different water habitats. holiday and we will much rely upon local expertise Gravel pits, mountain and lowland peatbogs and of Martin Waldhauser who lives in the region. mires, ponds, springs, streams, rivers, reservoirs, We will drive out every day to a different area canals and flooded mines and quarries all add to a but will stay through in one hotel in return. Many great variety of . species will be seen several times and therefore Lužické hory are low hills with beautiful traditional photographers should invariably meet great villages and clean forest streams. Doupovské hory opportunities to shoot the key species. Landscapes are a picturesque hilly and warm area with small will change from day to day and we will not avoid lakes. Českolipsko region has many small peatbogs, lectures on history of this interesting area and lakes and large ponds in a gently modelled the whole country. There is a nice blend of a few landscape with sandstone rocks, a heaven for warmth loving and several northern species on the Whitefaces and also our base throughout the tour. tour. The specialties include four (possibly all five) Frýdlantsko lies at border to and besides species of Whiteface, Siberian Winter Damsel, a mountain stream and a large pond there is an Bluets (Spearhead, Ornate and Crescent), Northern interesting flooded basalt quarry that gives shelter and Yellow-spotted Emerald, Green Snaketail, to many dragonflies. Right: Aeshna affinis hopefully Spotted Darter and couple of others. We hope everyone can enjoy this holiday.

Crescent Bluet (Coenagrion lunulatum)

Small lake in Doupovské hory Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus)

bog and lake near Doksy

FACT FILE ITINERARY IN BRIEF

Czech Republic Day 1 Arrival at Prague

7 days | 1 hotel (1 day extension available) Day 2 Doupovské hory

dates: 19 - 25 June 2013 Day 3 Českolipsko region

ground price: £700 / €850 Day 4 Frýdlant region single room supplement: £70 / €85 Day 5 Lužické hory guide: Martin Waldhauser Day 6 Českolipsko region airport: Prague, Day 7 Departure from Prague group size: 6-16 Left: Blue-eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis) Right: Yellow-spotted Whiteface ( pectoralis ) number of species: 35 - 45

eutrophic pools at Hradcˇany

Common and Sombre Goldenring are found in one stream Dark Whiteface Northern Emerald (Leucorrhinia albifrons) (Somatochlora arctica)

HIGHLIGHTS GUIDES AND HOTELS

Small, Ruby and Yellow-spotted Whiteface Martin Waldhauser (Leucorrhinia dubia, rubicunda and pectoralis) Your guide Martin Waldhauser is a Czech Dark Whiteface (Leucorrhinia albifrons) expert. He is one of the authors of „The Dragonflies of Spearhead, Crescent and Ornate Bluet (Coenagrion the Czech Republic“, probably the biggest dragonfly book ever published. Martin is in his fourties and hastulatum, lunulatum and ornatum) you cannot wish a better companion and dragonfly Blue-eye (Erythromma lindenii) enthusiast to guide you through the north Bohemia. He Siberian Winter Damsel (Sympecma paedisca) will give lectures in field and one or two slide shows Blue-eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis) before dinner. Martin works at Landscape Protected Green-eyed Hawker (Anaciaeshna isosceles) Area Luzicke hory and is a renowned dragonfly Northern Emerald (Somatochlora arctica) photographer. Yellow-spotted Emerald (Somatochl. flavomaculata) Green Snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia) Hotel in Českolipsko region A modern hotel with all en suite facilities. It is found at Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) large Machovo jezero lake. Sombre Goldenring (Cordulegaster bidentata) One day extension to this tour are available to see high- Keeled and Southern Skimmer (Ortethrum lying moors with Alpine Emerald (Som. arctica). coerulescens and brunneum) Spotted Darter (Sympetrum depressiusculum) Left: Stream at Frýdlant | Right: Hairy Hawker (Brachytron Banded Darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum) pratense)

Siberian Winter Damsel (Sympecma paedisca)

Basalt quarry in Frýdlant region Ruby Whiteface (Leucorrhinia rubicunda)

All images were kindly provided by Martin Waldhauser and shot in areas visited on this tour.

Right: Green-eyed Hawker (Aeshna isosceles) Front cover: Ornate Bluet (Coenagrion ornatum)

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stream in Luzˇické hory