1 Willow Emerald Damselfly - SU245965
Definitely the furthest west record in the county!
Bill Haynes, per iRecord
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Thursday 29 September 2022
Saturday 24 September 2022
Letcombe Bassett - 22 September
1m Willow Emerald Damselfly
Note the blue on the face and the underside near the tip of the abdomen - apparently shown by some males late in the season.
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| Willow Emerald Damselfly (c) Mark Bradfield |
Sunday 18 September 2022
Cutteslowe Park - 18 September
1m Willow Emerald Damselfly. By the pond.
2 Migrant Hawker
3 Common Darter
Nick Boyd
Saturday 17 September 2022
Wantage - 17 September
1 Willow Emerald: along the hedge between the field at the back of the Health Centre and the old canal.
1 Southern Hawker and 20 Common Darters around the edge of the field.
Brian Walker
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| Southern Hawker (c) Brian Walker |
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| Willow Emerald (c) Brian Walker |
Friday 16 September 2022
Wroxton College Lakes 16 Sept 2022
Willow Emerald Damselfly 1: c 7m up in a conifer at end of Main Lake - the first sighting in this area of the site.
Common Blue Damselfly 14m plus a couple unidentified blue damsels.
Migrant Hawker 5m
Ruddy Darter 3m
Darter sp 1f
Steve Holliday and Gareth Blockley
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Wantage - 14 September
Stockham Stormwater pond SU389887.
Willow Emerald Damselfly 3 (including a pair ovipositing on a thin Willow shoot.)
Common Darter 11
Migrant Hawker 2
Southern Hawker 2
Brian Walker
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| Migrant Hawker © Brian Walker |
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| Willow Emerald © Brian Walker |
Ardington - 14 September
At the pond south-west of the village in the afternoon sunshine SU430882:
4+ Willow Emerald Damselfly - including 1m and a tandem pair settling and possibly ovipositing on an Oak tree branch overhanging the water.
4+ Common Darter inc 1 tandem pair
Stephen Burch
Tuesday 13 September 2022
Aston, 13th September
A female Southern Hawker was ovipositing in/around my garden pond today.
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| Southern Hawker ♀© David hastings |
Monday 12 September 2022
Wytham Woods - 7 September
Around the Duck Pond SP45810750
3m+ Willow Emerald Damselfly
10-20 Common Darter
Ruddy Darter
Hawker sp. Probably Southern
Note: This pond in Wytham Woods is very close to the Upper Pond where this species was first recorded in Oxfordshire - back in 2019!
In iRecord.
Treve Willis
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| Male Willow Emerald Damselfly © Treve Willis |
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| Male Willow Emerald Damselfly © Treve Willis |
Wroxton College Lakes - 11 September
Willow Emerald 1m by Lady Pool
Common Blue Damselfly 3m plus 5 probables
Migrant Hawker 3m by Lady Pool
Black-tailed Skimmer 1m by Main Lake
Ruddy Darter 1m by Lady Pool
Steve and Gill Holliday
Sunday 11 September 2022
Aston, 11th September
Common Darter - pair in tandem, with female ovipositing in garden pond
Southern Hawker - 1 male
Saturday 10 September 2022
Earth Trust, Little Wittenham - 10 September
7 Willow Emerald Damselflies (3 pairs in cop plus an additional individual), 3 Migrant Hawker, 35 Common Darters (15 pairs in cop and ovipositing plus an additional 5 individuals), 2 Ruddy Darter.
Observations entered in iRecord
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| Willow Emerald Damselfly (c) John Bloomfield |
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| Migrant Hawker (c) John Bloomfield |
Thursday 8 September 2022
Shrike Meadow, Farmoor - 7 September
2 Blue Damselflies
3 Brown Hawkers
1 Migrant Hawker
1 tandem pair Common Darter.
James Wainscoat
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| Migrant Hawker © James Wainscoat |
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| Common Darters © James Wainscoat |
Wednesday 7 September 2022
Faringdon Folly Park Pond - 7 September
c.10 Small Red-eyed Damselfly
1 Blue-tailed Damselfly
3+ Migrant Hawker
10+ Common Darter
Stephen Burch
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| Migrant Hawker © Stephen Burch |
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| Distant Small Red-eyed Damselfly © Stephen Burch |
Tuesday 6 September 2022
Grimsbury Reservoir - 6 September
Willow Emerald 1m - by path in wood c100m from location of previous record earlier this week.
Black-tailed skimmer 1m by reservoir.
Steve Holliday
Saturday 3 September 2022
Grimsbury Reservoir - 3 September
1m Willow Emerald Damselfly along the river by the wood at SP 46158 42418.
Gareth Blockley
Thursday 1 September 2022
Wroxton College Lakes 1 September 2022
Willow Emerald Damselfly 3. A pair in tandem and a male at Lady Pool. All 3 close together at first on bare twigs some 5m up in a yew by the edge of the pool. The pair drifted off at height and were lost to view despite searching. The male perched for a while on a bare twig before flying off. There are willows and alders around the pool.
Brown Hawker 1 at the same pool.
Steve Holliday
Boundary Brook NR, Oxford - 30 August
4 Ruddy Darter
4 Common Darter
1-2 Southern Hawker (prob)
Nick Boyd & Helen Edwards
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