Vagrant Emperors in Kent (1 Viewer)

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s1ni5t3r

Member

• Apr 26, 2011

• #21

s1ni5t3r said:

Hmm.
Walking all over the farmers young crop? You make it sound like I was holding a rave on it etc.....

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Sorry for shooting from the hip on this one.
Scarlet Pimpernel has told me in a private message that it wasn't me he was talking about.

I retract my post and apologies for my insulting tone.


Any sightings today?
I won't be able to get down there again til the weekend so I think my chance for the killer photo has gone.

 

RoyW

Well-known member

• Apr 26, 2011

• #22

Steve Babbs said:

Except I didn't! Well I did get a 'record' shot.

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At least you know that you saw it - I was one of those who left the site (others in the car were meant to be back early), and got back too late after a hasty U-turn.:-C

We ended up home late, with none of us having had confirmed views - although I think that brief glimpse of large dragonflies that we all had at different times almost certainly were the target species.

 

Steve Babbs

Well-known member

• Apr 26, 2011

• #23

For people into other groups, Cepero's groundhoppers were very common by the edge of the ditch.

Matt I think I spoke to you when you pulled up? Sorry you got such brief views, I'd be pretty p****d off, but I have a feeling you'll get another bash, probably much nearer to Devon, before too long.

 

Matt Prince

Sharkbait

• Apr 27, 2011

• #24

Hello Steve, thanks for the Gen - the animal turned up pretty much were you suggested we look. To be honest I went pretty much expecting hell on earth getting there and then dippiong. As it was the journey was OK. Still I was cursing that I was 10 yards the wrong side of the animal when it flew in, and yes, fingers crossed for some more twitchable vagrants further West..

Well if I'd checked the rest of the forum I'd have seen this!
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=198477 :t:

Now I'm narked though - Cepero's all over the shop and yet I didn't see any - Doh! Still at least those *are* in Devon.

 

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Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Oct 5, 2011

• #25

Not in Kent, but a sighting on Oct 2nd, in sw Scotland on the BDS website....

 

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aeshna5

Well-known member

• Oct 5, 2011

• #26

Also 2 have recently been found in moth traps- 1 in Ireland + the other in west Cornwall.

 

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nialltkeogh

Well-known member

• Oct 11, 2011

• #27

Hi all,

Michael O'Donnell caught a male Vagrant Emperor in his moth trap on the night of 1st Oct at Kilpatrick Dunes, Co. Wexford.

The 3rd Irish record following the first in Dublin in 1913 & the second from Ballycotton, Co. Cork this April.

Pic of the Wexford Vagrant Emperor can be seen on the DragonflyIreland Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=141049742661053&set=o.206848686003391&type=1&theater

See ya,
Niall