North End of Queen Pool 07:45 - 11:00.
The RVDs were best viewed from the shade of a large tree at about SP440169. Moving very fast and generally distant.
Red-veined Darter 10+ including pairs in cop. and ovipositing. First breeding record for Oxfordshire?!
Red-eyed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Emperor
Black-tailed Skimmer
Stephen Burch and Gareth Casburn
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| Distant Red-veined Darters in cop. and ovipositing (record shot) © Stephen Burch |
You did bloody well to get that image Steve!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gareth. That tandem pair was pretty much the only thing I got focus lock on. Lucky I spotted it.
ReplyDeleteWow, fantastic. Blenheim is having an incredible run of records. It is, however, the second breeding record though ;)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I've only just seen these posts - maybe we need an Oxfordshire Odonata WhatsApp for more immediate news and relevant general chat?
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