(Southern?) Migrant Hawker. 8-10 ( none seen anywhere else) - see note below
Emperor 6 incl. ovipositing
Hairy Dragonfly One at the westerly pond
Common/Ruddy Darter 10 plus imm. along the rides
Four spot Chaser 7
Large Red Damselfly 1
Common Blue Damselfly 2 at least
Azure Damselfly 30 at least
Blue tailed Damselfly 4
Beautiful Demoiselle 1 male
Banded Demoiselle 1 male
Black tailed Skimmer 3
Broad bodied Chaser 1 fem. Ovipositing
White legged Damselfly 4 along the rides.
John Edwards
Note John has provided the following description of the 8-10 hawkers he saw in the car park:
"In the car park were 8-10 hawkers zooming about in a loose group. I initially thought of Southern Migrant Hawker due to their yellow colouring but that number seems not feasible. I then thought Migrant Hawker but surely too early? I have never seen this amount of yellow immatures before, let alone in June. They did not settle at all and were too fast for a photo of any kind"
Any thoughts anyone?
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| Ruddy Darter © John Edwards |
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| White-legged Damselfly © John Edwards |
I think that might be an immature Ruddy Darter as vs Common? Solid black legs and black extending down side of frons? No idea about the hawkers though.
ReplyDeleteWell spotted! I have corrected the caption for the Ruddy Darter
DeleteI've seen Migrant Hawkers in a feeding swarm over the WGW car park before, but it seems too early for this species to be out.
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