Standlake Common - 30 October

 1 Common Darter - sunning itself on a post at midday. SP391018.

Common Darter © Stephen Burch. Click here to enlarge

Little Wittenham Wood - 30 October

Little Wittenham Wood - 1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (male) and 42+ Common Darter (20+ individuals and 11 pairs in tandem ovipositing). 

This record is close to an earlier sighting in the same wood (11 Sept, Debbie and Ian Lewington) and to the recent sightings on the Thames near Shillingford (12 Sept, Geoff Wyatt and subsequent posts).

Willow Emerald Damselfly (male) (c) John Bloomfield

Willow Emerald Damselfly (male) (c) John Bloomfield

Willow Emerald Damselfly (male) (c) John Bloomfield

Common Darter (male) (c) John Bloomfield

Common Darter (over mature female) (c) John Bloomfield

Farmoor, 21st October

 One Common Darter in the hedgerow at Shrike Meadow this morning. 

Common Darter © David Hastings

Otmoor - 15 October

 1 Common Darter - over mature

Steve Deeley

Common Darter - over mature.  © Steve Deeley

Oddington to Otmoor - 9 October

A warm sunny day (for early October) brought out plenty of Odonata on a walk from Oddington to Otmoor. 4 Southern Hawker, 8 Migrant Hawker, and more than 30 Common Darter (including 5 pairs in cop).

Southern Hawker (c) John Bloomfield

Migrant Hawker (c) John Bloomfield

Common Darter (c) John Bloomfield

Earth Trust, Little Wittenham - 3 October

 19 Common Darters (including two pairs in cop), 3 Migrant Hawkers

Common Darter (c) John Bloomfield

Trap Grounds - 1 October

Willow Emerald Damselfly: 1m
Southern Hawker: 1f ovipositing 

Nicola Devine

Willow Emerald Damselfly © Nicola Devine

Southern Hawker - ovipositing upside down! © Nicola Devine

Southern Hawker - ovipositing © Nicola Devine