This N Tees pond produced 40 aquatic invertebrate species, not at all bad for a rainy autumn afternoon. Star was Dytiscus semisulcatus, a great diving beetle associated with high quality ponds and ditches in fens and on grazing marshes; only known from 4 sites in Cleveland. @teesbirds.bsky.social

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This month’s #PhotoOfTheMonth comes from the #Albera region of #Spain, kindly submitted by Dani Boix. The photograph shows one of the #Mediterranean #temporary #ponds of this remarkable #pondscape featuring dense submerged vegetation and narrow-leaved ash trees standing in the #water.

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On checking, there are records on the BSBI database going back to 2011 for North Sands and the Old Cemetery at H'pool, and for Seaton Dunes back to 2010.

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I noticed that in your painting. Within Cleveland, the BSBI atlas shows only old records on the north side of the Tees up to 2019, so this must be a recent expansion. I've only seen it at @botanicalmartin.bsky.social's site near S Gare before. There's loads of it at Steetley.

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I’ve found several around Seaton Carew this year, including on the tern colony.

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