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What dragonflies/damselflies have you seen in 2005? (1 Viewer)

Surreybirder

Surreybirder

Ken Noble
I've only seen azure, large red damsels and a beautiful demoiselle until today when this broad-bodied chaser turned up in our garden.
Ken
 

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Have'nt seen a thing here in Durham, but its been a fairly crappy start to the year. Its freezing outside today.
Sometimes when I read these posts, and see what people in the south are seeing, I think Britain is split into two zones of climate, by a line from the Humber to the Mersey. :storm:
 
Last Friday was good at a site along the River Nene near Peterborough town centre:
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)

I had a Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) in my garden (first one ever I think) at the weekend (my first of the year elsewhere was on 6 May).

There was a hawker on Sunday that was presumably Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense) but I didn't get much of a look.

More and larger pics are on my Blog:
http://thenaturalstone.blogspot.com/2005/05/woodston-ponds-lnr.html
 

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david plankton said:
Have'nt seen a thing here in Durham, but its been a fairly crappy start to the year. Its freezing outside today.
Sometimes when I read these posts, and see what people in the south are seeing, I think Britain is split into two zones of climate, by a line from the Humber to the Mersey. :storm:
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It's a bit bizarre, here - the link that I gave in my post has reports of 200+ Common Blue damselflies for instance, but the site is well north of where I live so ought to be behind in emergence dates! (My single Large red was about 20 miles farther south)

Nothing likely today, either - cold, wet, easterly wind...
 
david plankton said:
Have'nt seen a thing here in Durham, but its been a fairly crappy start to the year. Its freezing outside today.
Sometimes when I read these posts, and see what people in the south are seeing, I think Britain is split into two zones of climate, by a line from the Humber to the Mersey. :storm:
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I agree, things are pretty poor in Co.Durham at the moment. However I did manage to find 2 Large Red, and 4 Blue-tailed Damselflies at the Chopwell Woods Bomb Ponds this morning, all resting on rushes. A little cold for flight.

Harry
 
Bedfordshire 14/15 May sightings

Saw an odd Large Red damselfly on the Gower, April 29.

Single Large Red and Azure Damsels on Saturday 14/5 at Duck End, Maulden Beds - I was told they have had a few species there already but I cannot remember what.
Sunday 15/5 2 Hairy Dragonflies, a few Large Red, lots of Banded, a few of each of Azure, Common Blue, Blue-tailed, and Red-eyed damsels, at Roxton Beds;
2 Hairy Dragonflies (mating pair), Large Red, Banded, and some unidentified blue damsels - some were definitely Azures - at Priory CP Bedford.

Hugh
PS. I maintain dates of my first Bedfordshire sightings at:
http://www.eimagesite.net/s1/gst/run.cgi?action=usrpage&p=2&o=hughg
 
Surreybirder said:
I've only seen azure, large red damsels and a beautiful demoiselle until today when this broad-bodied chaser turned up in our garden.
Ken
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Hi Ken/All,
funnily enough I saw my first Anisoptera today, also a Bb Chaser, a female.
[By the angle of the wings, yours looks as if its only just emerged today from your pond Ken!] Also saw my first Common Blue Damselfly - a teneral male.
Have also included pics of Large Red and female Azure Blue found last week at the same site; Roves Farm, my 'local patch'.
Cheers,
Steve.
 

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It's quite sunny today, and this morning I saw a damsel exuvia on an iris stem. And then this afternoon this turned up. Dont know what it is yet.
Its a bit blurry I know (bleeding autofocus) but I used this pic for scale.
 

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david plankton said:
It's quite sunny today, and this morning I saw a damsel exuvia on an iris stem. And then this afternoon this turned up. Dont know what it is yet.
Its a bit blurry I know (bleeding autofocus) but I used this pic for scale.
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Large Red male
 
david plankton said:
It's quite sunny today, and this morning I saw a damsel exuvia on an iris stem. And then this afternoon this turned up. Dont know what it is yet.
Its a bit blurry I know (bleeding autofocus) but I used this pic for scale.
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Hello David,
That looks like an immature Large Red Damselfly P.nymphula male. They are amongst the earliest of Damselflies to be on the wing.

Harry.
 
Surreybirder said:
I've only seen azure, large red damsels and a beautiful demoiselle until today when this broad-bodied chaser turned up in our garden.
Ken
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Had Large Red Damsel and BBC in Norfolk about 10 days ago while photographing Adders.

Kevin
 
harry eales said:
ROFPMSL.

Harry
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WTHDTM?

the BB Chaser is still perched on a sedge in our garden. Guess it's never going to fly? At least it gave me a rare chance to get some close-up photos with my (automatic focus) digital camera!
Ken
 
Surreybirder said:
WTHDTM?

the BB Chaser is still perched on a sedge in our garden. Guess it's never going to fly? At least it gave me a rare chance to get some close-up photos with my (automatic focus) digital camera!
Ken
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Ken, you have a PM.

Harry
 
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