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Locality
Travbaneparken
(Denmark)
55.625378 12.613097
3056
Description:
Public park and sports facilities. Used to be a trotting track, Amager Travbane, back in the 70'íes. Now soccer, rugby, dog walking, jogging and if possible, toboggan run in winter. Adjacent to the Nursing Home two larger rain reservoirs have recently been created, plus a smaller pond next to, but isolated from these. All hold permanent water, but ducks visiting during the winter months provoke raised nutrient levels polluting the water. In the beginning there were no fish in the reservoirs, but now there is, and it appears to have affected the quality of the site for dragonflies negatively in general, along with overgrowth. Sedges [Siv], Club-Rushes [kogleaks] and Lilies [Liljer] have started to occupy the banks and in summer, or late spring even, the water is filled with fast-growning algae.
INTERESTS:
Birds:
Gulls and corvids often roost and forage on the soccer fields. Some years ago a bunch of Long-eared Owls [Skovhornugle] were wintering a few seasons in the pines along the northern edge. Short-toed Treecreeper [Korttået Træløber] is also here now. And in October 2020 I saw a late Greenish Warbler [Lundsanger] in the birches along the western edge.
Dragonflies:
The newly created rain water basins plus the small extra water hole in front of the resting home have been good for pioneer dragonflies. 20 species have been seen so far.
Robust Spreadwing (Lestes dryas) - not breeding
Common Spreadwing (Lestes sponsa) - breeding?
Azure Bluet (Coenagrion puella) - breeding
Variable Bluet (C. pulchellum) - breeding?
Common Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) - breeding
Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum) - breeding
Common Bluetail (Ischnura elegans) - breeding
Small Bluetail (Ischnura pumilio) - breeding
Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) - breeding
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) - breeding?
Blue Emperor (Anax emperator) - breeding
Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense) - breeding?
Blue Chaser (Libellula depressa) - breeding
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) - breeding?
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) - breeding
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) - not breeding (but mating seen)
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) - breeding
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) - breeding
Moustached Darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) - breeding
Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) - not breeding
At the end of 2024 the small water hole is starting to overgrow, why the value as a dragonfly breeding site is at risk, if the municipality doens't act on it.
ACCESS (free 24/7):
On foot or bike. Buses passing along Løjtegårdsvej, 32, 35, 36. Car parking in front of Amager-hallen or the nursing home.
INTERESTS:
Birds:
Gulls and corvids often roost and forage on the soccer fields. Some years ago a bunch of Long-eared Owls [Skovhornugle] were wintering a few seasons in the pines along the northern edge. Short-toed Treecreeper [Korttået Træløber] is also here now. And in October 2020 I saw a late Greenish Warbler [Lundsanger] in the birches along the western edge.
Dragonflies:
The newly created rain water basins plus the small extra water hole in front of the resting home have been good for pioneer dragonflies. 20 species have been seen so far.
Robust Spreadwing (Lestes dryas) - not breeding
Common Spreadwing (Lestes sponsa) - breeding?
Azure Bluet (Coenagrion puella) - breeding
Variable Bluet (C. pulchellum) - breeding?
Common Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) - breeding
Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum) - breeding
Common Bluetail (Ischnura elegans) - breeding
Small Bluetail (Ischnura pumilio) - breeding
Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) - breeding
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) - breeding?
Blue Emperor (Anax emperator) - breeding
Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense) - breeding?
Blue Chaser (Libellula depressa) - breeding
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) - breeding?
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) - breeding
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) - not breeding (but mating seen)
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) - breeding
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) - breeding
Moustached Darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) - breeding
Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) - not breeding
At the end of 2024 the small water hole is starting to overgrow, why the value as a dragonfly breeding site is at risk, if the municipality doens't act on it.
ACCESS (free 24/7):
On foot or bike. Buses passing along Løjtegårdsvej, 32, 35, 36. Car parking in front of Amager-hallen or the nursing home.
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