Rožmitál quarry – vertebrate

1) Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)

2) Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

3) Edible Dormouse (Glis glis)

4) Adder (Vipera berus)

5+8) European Common Frog (Rana temporaria)

6) Common European Toad (Bufo bufo)

7) White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

9) Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

10) Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)

11) Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)

12) Common Swift (Apus apus)

13) Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

14) Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

 

Rožmitál quarry – vegetation

 

Middle

1) Small Toadflax (Microrrhinum minus) – among stones

2) Hare's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense) – among stones

3) Herb-robert (Geranium robertianum) – among stones

4) Male-fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) – among stones

5) Colt's-foot (Tussilago farfara) – among stones

6) Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens) – next to a pond

 

Left cube

7) Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum)

8) Reed Canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

9) Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)

10) Bulrush (Typha latifolia)

11) Forget-me-not Myosotis nemorosa

12) Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)

13) Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

14) Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)

 

Right cube

15) cup lichen (Cladonia sp.)

16) Pilosella sp.

17) Spanish Stonecrop (Sedum hispanicum)

 

Labels in the entomological box

So far, 15 dragonfly species have been recorded in Rožmitál quarry. In the summer months, we can see brushfoot butterflies (Nymphalidae) on wet banks of the ponds in Rožmitál quarry, where they suck water with dissolved mineral substances.

Orthetrum brunneum

Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa)

Black Darter (Sympetrum danae)

Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi)                                

Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)                                          

Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana)