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UK dragonflies and damselflies, 2014 (1 Viewer)
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pdwinter
Paul Winter
Good to know they were at Crockford. Never seen pumilio there but that's probably due to carelessness. According to the new atlas week 26 is the peak for both Southern and Scarce Blue-tailed.
Clive Watson
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit ampheta
Nice to know - I'll be down that way at exactly that time and will be targeting these species, particularly Scarce Blue-tailed. Could someone provide any extra info on SBT at Ober water? I'm a little reluctant to try Latchmore again as I remember it being a long walk and my girlfriend has some mobility problems.
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Clive
Farnboro John
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Scarce Chaser male and female, several Hairy Dragonflies and dozens - hundreds - of Banded Demoiselles at Billingshurst New Bridge yesterday afternoon.
Also some fairly co-operative Downy Emeralds frequently hovering while patrolling at Thursley Moat.
John
Also some fairly co-operative Downy Emeralds frequently hovering while patrolling at Thursley Moat.
John
Farnboro John
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Pix from Norfolk (sorry they're late):
Hairy Dragonfly female
Hairy Dragonfly pair
Azure Damselfly
Norfolk Hawker
John
Hairy Dragonfly female
Hairy Dragonfly pair
Azure Damselfly
Norfolk Hawker
John
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Farnboro John
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And some from yesterday:
Scarce Chaser female
Banded Demoiselle males X 2
Downy Emerald
Red-eyed Damselfly
John
Scarce Chaser female
Banded Demoiselle males X 2
Downy Emerald
Red-eyed Damselfly
John
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pdwinter
Paul Winter
I look in the shallow ditches around SU255039. I think most people park near Markway Bridge on the A35 (c. SU250038) and go over a stile to walk east along the Ober. (I walk from Puttles Bridge to make a day of it).
I usually look first at the Silver Stream which has Southerns and Small Reds as a fallback if the SBTs don't show. It's a very short walk from Puttle's Bridge.
There were some on Cadnam Common last year throughout June and July. That's a short walk from Furzley Road - I'll post if any appear there again although I am away in Spain so may not know until July.
Southern at the Silver Stream yesterday
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I found a male Lesser Emperor Dragonfly this morning at a private site in East Kent. I saw it well twice, the first time it was attacking a female Emperor Dragonfly as she was egg laying. I did try for a shot but ended up with some blurry shots. Despite being on site a further hour I did not see it again. Also seen were 5 Red veined Darter which did allow a few pleasing photo opportunities. More on my Blog: www.marcheath.blogspot.com
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Farnboro John
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pdwinter
Paul Winter
There was a female ovipositing there today.
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I think most people park near Markway Bridge on the A35 (c. SU250038) and go over a stile to walk east along the Ober. (I walk from Puttles Bridge to make a day of it).
I was in the area a couple of days ago but couldn't see an easy way of walking along the Ober from Puttles Bridge. Any directions would be gratefully received.
Thanks.
I was in the area a couple of days ago but couldn't see an easy way of walking along the Ober from Puttles Bridge. Any directions would be gratefully received.
Thanks.
childhood memories
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Blue female Common Blue Damselfly
spuggyhawk
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MarkHows
Mostly Mammals
The wings appear more greenish than brownish and S9 and S10 look pretty bronze to me so I would say female Banded as well
spuggyhawk
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Thanks Andy
Some more (very) early sightings from the BDS site:
2/6 Southern Hawker, Derbyshire
5/6 Common Darter, Isle of Wight
7/6 Ruddy Darter, Essex
8/6 Lesser Emperor, Kent
12/6 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Suffolk
12/6 Scarce Emerald Damselfly, Essex
I finally got to Whixall Moss for the white-faced darters yesterday. They kindly put on a show, including a couple of mating pairs, although the four-spotted chasers were making life very difficult for them.
That visit completed my list of species that appear on the official UK list and which breed in England (a highly artificial list, admittedly, as it allows me to cheat by not counting lesser emperor or southern emerald damsel, neither of which I've seen). I see the lesser emperors in Norfolk were observed ovipositing on Friday, so here's hoping for another species to establish itself...
2/6 Southern Hawker, Derbyshire
5/6 Common Darter, Isle of Wight
7/6 Ruddy Darter, Essex
8/6 Lesser Emperor, Kent
12/6 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Suffolk
12/6 Scarce Emerald Damselfly, Essex
I finally got to Whixall Moss for the white-faced darters yesterday. They kindly put on a show, including a couple of mating pairs, although the four-spotted chasers were making life very difficult for them.
That visit completed my list of species that appear on the official UK list and which breed in England (a highly artificial list, admittedly, as it allows me to cheat by not counting lesser emperor or southern emerald damsel, neither of which I've seen). I see the lesser emperors in Norfolk were observed ovipositing on Friday, so here's hoping for another species to establish itself...
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