The Southern Emerald Season Continues.

Although the two breeding scrapes have almost dried up in our prolonged dry spell this species is no doubt well adapted to these conditions.On Friday last, the smaller scrape produced two mature males both found in the reeds growing out of the partched and cracked pool.

It is interesting to note that this colony seems to be earlier than those meagre few found on the mainland as the first individuals appear in the last week of May and continue through into July.I am advised that those on the mainland are not first  recorded until well into June.