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Message received this afternoon from Ellie at The Trust.
"Just for info, we have some entomologists out on the Flashes next Tuesday and I’ll be with a contractor as well"
Not sure how long they'll be out there, I'll see if I can get some ideas.
 
Message received this afternoon from Ellie at The Trust.
"Just for info, we have some entomologists out on the Flashes next Tuesday and I’ll be with a contractor as well"
Not sure how long they'll be out there, I'll see if I can get some ideas.
There is likely to be disturbance from 10.00- 15.00, although this depends on how easy/difficult it turns out to be to survey the inverts & what the weather is like.
 
Today's highlights at the Moors and Flashes:

MOORS: Yellow Legged Gull (juv), Little Egret (2), Common Tern (2), Lapwing (28), Swift (24), Cormorant (2), Little Grebe (8), G C Grebe (2) + 2 juvs, Teal (2), Tufted Duck broods 1:3:5, Otter to the left of the east hide.

FLASHES: Green Sand (13), Common Sand (1), LRP (3), Lapwing (18), Avocet (29), Teal (3), Shoveler (2), Sparrowhawk, B H Gull (105), Wood Pigeon (330).

Des.
 
Further on-site visit by ecologists, this time at the Moors Pool. The visit will be late Monday & first thing Tuesday - no specific times given at present.
 
Today's highlights at a very quiet Moors and Flashes except for a dragonfly first for the reserve:

MOORS: Peregrine, Little Egret, Common Tern, Little Grebe (4), Reed Warbler (2), Teal (2), Cormorant (1), Lapwing (1), Mute Swan (3) + 5 juvs.

FLASHES: Green Sand (9), Common Sand (1), Avocet (13), Lapwing (70), Little Egret (2), B H Gull (114), Teal (11) + Willow Emerald damselfly (male).
 

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The reserves odonata list now stands at 23 species:

Banded Demoiselle
Azure Damselfly
Emperor Dragonfly
Beautiful Demoiselle
Common Blue Dragonfly
Broad-bodied Chaser
Emerald Damselfly
Southern Hawker
Four-spotted Chaser
White-legged Damselfly
Brown Hawker
Black-tailed Skimmer
Large Red Damselfly
Common Hawker
Ruddy Darter
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Migrant Hawker
Common Darter
Red eyed Damselfly
Small Red eyed Damselfly
Lesser Emperor
Scarce Chaser
Willow Emerald Damselfly
 

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