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Sunday, 23 August 2020

Trap Grounds - 23 August

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 2 Migrant Hawkers 1 Southern Hawker 1 Brown Hawker  2 Common Darters Nicola Devine Common Darter (c) Nicola Devine
Saturday, 22 August 2020

Otmoor - 22 August

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 1f Willow Emerald   Damselfly - Roman Road, c. 15:00 SP5714012898 Note Peter Philp's record on the 18th was of a male, so there must be...
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Thursday, 20 August 2020

Otmoor - 20 August

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1m Southern Migrant Hawker Pill area.  Regularly patrolling a ditch and settling frequently. Mick Higgs Male Southern Migrant Hawker (c) Mic...
Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Otmoor - 18th August

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1m Willow Emerald Damselfly Good description provided by an observer experienced with this species, but no photo available. About 17:30, alo...

Radley Lakes, 18th August

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At Orchard Lake and environs this morning: Red-eyed Damselfly 30+ Blue-tailed Damselfly 5 Common Blue Damselfly 10+ Common Spreadwing 1 (fem...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Iron Bridge, East Hanney - 11 August

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SU 414929 1 Brown Hawker  2 Common Darter 30 Banded Demoiselle  within the next 50 metres downstream. Mark Bradfield
Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Radley Lakes - 11 August

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 1 WILLOW EMERALD DAMSELFLY - Orchard Lake - see map below Second Oxon record after one at Wytham Woods in 2019. Ian Lewington Willow Emera...
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Otmoor - 11 August

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 Possible Willow Emerald - in hedge about 3/4 way along path to first screen from bridleway. Appeared to be an Emerald species hanging from...
Monday, 10 August 2020

Otmoor - Roman Road - 10 August

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1 male Southern Migrant Hawker  for 5 mins at 09:15  Jessica Turner Male Southern Migrant Hawker (c) Jessica Turner  

Otmoor - 8 August

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Click here for a larger image   Ruddy Darter [focus-stacked] (c) Stephen Burch

Farmoor - 10th August

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Migrant Hawker 3 Brown Hawker 8  Black-tailed Skimmer 1  Emperor 1  Ruddy Darter 1  Red-eyed Damselfly 1  Common Blue Damselfly 1 Brian Walk...
Sunday, 9 August 2020

Letcombe Valley BBOWT reserve - 9 August

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2 Emperor 2 Southern Hawker 1 Common Darter Mark Bradfield Emergent Southern Hawker (c) Mark Bradfield - taken in a Wantage garden pm

Otmoor: Oddington to Noke track Sunday 9th August

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Female Southern Migrant Hawker still present at 1pm hawking a relatively narrow area at SP5514013792 before settling rather high up in the ...

Small Red-eyed Damselflies

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A few records from Ian Lewington confirming the dramatic surge in new sites for this species this year in the County.   1+ at Recreation gro...
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Saturday, 8 August 2020

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 8 August pm

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 1f Southern Migrant Hawker  SP55111370, 2pm Also Brown, Southern and Migrant Hawkers Small Red eyed Damselflies  Blue-tailed Damselflies ma...

Radley Lakes - 7 August

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1 possible male Lesser Emperor - along the isthmus between Thrupp and Bullfield Lakes  Wayne Bull per Oxon Birding Forum & Facebook Als...
Friday, 7 August 2020

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke, 7th August

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10:00 - 14:00 (approx)  1-2 Southern Migrant Hawker : SP5519913949. c. 13:00. Probables only (again) - hunting in the shade of the first 2 o...
Sunday, 2 August 2020

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke, 2nd August

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Two mature male  Southern Migrant Hawkers this morning. One at about SP5517913946 and the second at about SP5516213388. Also seen: Bande...

Otmoor - 2 August

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1m & 1f Southern Migrant Hawker - seen and photographed on visitor trail between the first and second screens, so a different area to t...
Saturday, 1 August 2020

Parsonage Moor - 31 July

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6 Southern Damselfly 3 Keeled Skimmer 1  Black-tailed Skimmer 1f  Broad-bodied Chaser ovipositing 1 Common Darter Brian Walker Old...
Friday, 31 July 2020

Faringdon Folly Park Pond - 31 July

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c. 15 Small-red Eyed Damselfly - mainly on algal mats off southern corner of pond 1 Emerald Damselfly Blue-tailed Damselfly Common/Azure ...

Trap Grounds - 30 July

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2 Brown Hawkers Ruddy and Common Darters: several (one pair ovipositing into the Dragonfly pond) 1m Banded Demoiselle Common Blue and Blu...
Thursday, 30 July 2020

River Thames at Shillingford - 30th July

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Along footpath upstream on south bank from Shillingford Bridge Hotel 16:00 - 17:30 in sunny conditions: White-legged Damselfly (female) ...

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 30 July

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By the northern gate into Big Otmoor SP551136 1 mature male Southern Migrant Hawker (highly probable) - small very blue hawker but only...
Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Whitecross Green Wood, 29th July

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Emperor Dragonfly 3 Brown Hawker 4 Migrant Hawker 8 (7 in a feeding swarm) Ruddy Darter 4 Common Darter 6 Emperor Dragonfly © David ...

Whitecross Green Wood BBOWT nature reserve - 26 July

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1 White-legged Damselfly  SP601145 Probable first site record Alex Hughes White-legged Damselfly (c) Alex Hughes

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 29 July

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Small Red-eyed Damselfly Small Red-eyed Damselfly - 6+ still i n previously reported pool at SP55242 14134 Blue-tailed Damselfly - 3...
Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 28 July

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1m mature Southern Migrant Hawker On track  about 100m north of northern gate into Big Otmoor. About SP551137. Geoff Wyatt Southern...
Sunday, 26 July 2020

Trap Grounds, Oxford - 26 July

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1f Emerald Damselfly 2 Brown Hawkers 1 Southern Hawker 3 Darters (not sure which didn’t get pics) Nicola Devine Female Emerald Dams...
Saturday, 25 July 2020

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 25 July

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1 adult Southern Migrant Hawker! Also photographed. SP551137. About 100m north of the top gate into Big Otmoor, the gate near the large ...
Friday, 24 July 2020

Letcombe Valley Nature Reserve

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2 Emperor - one possibly taken by a Chaffinch! Stephen Burch

River Thames between Benson and Shillingford - 23 July

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SU605918: 4 Small Red-eyed Damselfly 1 Brown Hawker Alan Brampton Small Red-eyed Damselfly (c) Alan Brampton
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Thursday, 23 July 2020

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 23 July

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Between 2nd and 3rd Oak along track, S of double gates (SP5518813924) 1 Probable  Southern Migrant Hawker - a small blue hawker, so eit...
Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Otmoor - 20 July

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1f Emerald Damselfly - by gate overlooking Big Otmoor Jeremy Dexter Emerald Damselfly (c) Jeremy Dexter

Otmoor - 17 July

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1m & 1f Beautiful Demoiselle (E end of Bridleway by Roman Rd) Ruddy Darter Nigel Carter Beautiful Demoiselle (c) Nigel Carter ...

River Thames at Dorchester - 21st July

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Along the Thames Path upstream (west bank) from Day's Lock to Burcot (SU568951) 09:45 - 10:35 in mostly sunny conditions: Emperor Drag...
Monday, 20 July 2020

Abingdon, 20th July

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This afternoon a teneral male Migrant Hawker went into my greenhouse and settled for half an hour on a bamboo cane. It came out again and se...

River Thames at Burcot - 20th July

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Along the Thames Path (south bank) downstream from Clifton Hampden 10:00 - 12:30 in mostly sunny conditions: Southern Hawker - 1 Brown Ha...
Sunday, 19 July 2020

Holton, near Wheatley - 17 July

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c. 20 Small Red-eyed Damselfly Steve Mathers, per iRecord

Trap Grounds, Oxford 17 July

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3 Brown Hawker, 1 oviposting 1m Emperor 1m Ruddy Darter 2 Southern Hawker +several blue damsels around the various ponds/meadows Nicol...
Saturday, 18 July 2020

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 17 July

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Odonata the same as on 12 July.  Again no sign of any SMHs. Stephen Burch, Geoff Wyatt

River Thames at Appleford - 18th July

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Along the Thames Path (north bank) from Culham bridge downstream to Appleford railway bridge 10:30 - 12:30 in lightly overcast conditions: ...