tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351354610917663092024-03-21T07:28:29.152-07:00Lincolnshire Odes.This blog will be used to showcase the fantastic world of Dragonflies and Damselflies and my many adventures recording and photographing them mainly in Lincolnshire And Yorkshire with occasional visits elsewhere in the UK.Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-57711210557491636632023-07-14T08:09:00.003-07:002023-07-14T10:24:49.649-07:00Scotland,Saturday 8th - Monday 10th July 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">An organised trip this weekend along with Tim and Mark,saw us heading north in the search for the scottish speciality species of Azure Hawker,White-faced Darter,Northern Emerald and Northern Damselfly.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Day One,Saturday 8th </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On arrival early Saturday,Tim and myself visited Duack Ponds</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">at Nethybridge before Mark arrived.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After some searching Tim eventually found a candidate male Northern Damsel and sure enough after some closer inspection,it became my first new species of the trip.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The species is a distinct one,with a darker appearance than all the other Bluets in my opinion and obviously the distinct mark on S2 was a giveaway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also here was a female Emerald Damselfly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As we had a little time still before Mark arrived Tim and myself went to check a couple of sites close to Loch Garten,but they were in shadow still and a bit cool.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to the visitor centre at Garten to pick Mark up and by now the weather was getting hotter by the minute.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to the two sites close by again and the first was now alive with insects,with 25+ Four-spot Chaser,at least 4 Common Hawker,1 Black Darter,5 Common-blue and at least 10 male Northern Damselfly.We had a tantalising glimpse here of what was most probably a male Northern Emerald.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On to the smaller site,the 'Firepit' pools and the sun was shining pretty well here now and it certainly paid dividends as we quickly saw 5 White-faced Darters(2 adult males,1 immature male and 2 mature females)which were new species for both Tim and Mark.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then new species number 2 for myself and the 3rd for Mark and 2nd for Tim,came in the form of a single male Northern Emerald which began to patrol these small pools.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He flew incessantly,clashing with both White-faced Darters and another couple of Northern Emeralds which i presumed were also males and we prayed for him to land.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of brief touchdowns and then he landed properly and i quickly nailed him with the camera,thank god for that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A etallic dark green,almost black dragonfly in appearance,until you saw it perched,with it's bottle green thorax,yellow markings on the side of the frons and base of the thorax and striking green eyes,particularly when watched hovering head on,making for a very handsome insect and one i have wanted to see for some time.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Day Two,Sunday 9th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sadly the start to the day today was rain and not really conducive with looking for Odonata,but after travelling over to Loch Maree from Aviemore,was a pleasant journey and we went birding instead.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As the weather broke around 2pm,we headed back to Slattadale on the banks of Loch Maree to look for Azure Hawker.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After several hours of searching here we sadly drew a blank unfortunately,but some compensation was gained with some stunning views of a male Golden-ringed Dragonfly and Common Hawkers were everywhere.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We also managed excellent views of the darker variation in the local Common Darters to what we get back home.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After slogging around the brash landscape of Slattadale,we headed over to Bridge Of Grudie.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This latter site looked absolutely perfect for Odonata,but it was dead and we only saw 4 Four-spot Chasers,but what a beautiful setting with the stunning mountains surrounding us.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Day Three,Monday 10th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Our final roll of the dice to try and find an Azure Hawker saw us trying again at Slattadale this morning,but to no avail and we then tried at Glen Torridon.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This latter site was just breathtaking with the beautiful mountain scenery,but all we managed to find was a Golden-ringed Dragonfly,Common Hawker and a few Common Darters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sadly it was time to make the long journey home and we reluctantly headed off,i could have easily spent a week here.It seems after speaking to other observers,that it is a poor year for Azure Hawker.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A big,big thank you must go to Tim for his expert driving getting us to some stunning places and i look forward to our next outing.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd_EMoMj48Nb8BI4dROG1zLWhmalAK1ln_F5Ex9sFVPuqW818xdVhdSWuo1puWFJ30CWbneLh-f36bD0407a_YbRjmumyiJaUJyl8mFWOQ9KWmHAi3o-3xgUVQo1Elp38-eZ2ucqIDMdzvDl6TdVf44g5lsaXZMz3_KtoB6VzzRRvVEVq8BI1-GfCeTg/s3912/Male%20Golden-ringed%20Dragonfly,Loch%20Maree,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2617" data-original-width="3912" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd_EMoMj48Nb8BI4dROG1zLWhmalAK1ln_F5Ex9sFVPuqW818xdVhdSWuo1puWFJ30CWbneLh-f36bD0407a_YbRjmumyiJaUJyl8mFWOQ9KWmHAi3o-3xgUVQo1Elp38-eZ2ucqIDMdzvDl6TdVf44g5lsaXZMz3_KtoB6VzzRRvVEVq8BI1-GfCeTg/w640-h428/Male%20Golden-ringed%20Dragonfly,Loch%20Maree,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What A Stunning Dragonfly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="3102" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhyk1HewSn0zUUSLBbVjfjeMo6Jr8LS6O88KPRsZ8Y6oagiHIwhlrTPhyfP9HGW8UdEukSnkeyKjsRq1BUfgrvgBoQcU818PIDUkPYrI3J56b-5dTCTKC_JPYS1NCillpTj1w5vB6GkgfDo0E_oHqR-IrZNeQmFzuZpp5qwdyWe51esZ6P3I_R6wKqYU/w640-h452/Male%20Northern%20Emerald,Loch%20Garten,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Northern Emerald,Loch Garten,8th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewU2h1f_dUoq40Cp0ULZ_Bq5qIYIqNdnRINE0O5fkoWTc_otPK6-COZgdz3Qvwh2CHlXemJeQq55di5rnEnx7djOkBv0rjonZkC3jwikCmjkrRQNPHl1JHLZ_ahzw2VA4WZ6zZN_6ydfkNx-OgTApeCopQiG4w9iPVePz66JAwGRhj0xdPVEoQoQn6Q4/s2604/Male%20Northern%20Emerald,Loch%20Garten,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="2891" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXI4suKs8Rk7f-icJ9iPdJdRHXXQDtz6NKIDSujC5HaX2yzrJLTUySZry3JlU2Q2vD6OW_eE2KFOQjGX9N1pj5_m7Y1I2226mphEClLnn6DLiFqqxSIIrIwrFim11RdxinA65cHcSc1I-xQapYMuy0ZAs-Jt3FR3nknAdiHmVQoWIoJNqAR26QV63FIk/w640-h504/Female%20White-faced%20Darter,Loch%20Garten,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Adult female White-faced Darter,Loch Garten,8th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2oZmNUcBPEUAnukM4zWtUUNhd763EYLZ_LNPtvtxoEkj5y2KMUjOJwrya60JhZacKHqlbkFUMCJIXMgoZua6-AJF4rS6uxcZQ8C-JnPszGHIIFoCUQvcBWJsq4CVIx-rb7s0RJX5N6XkG7aZbfhoecbT07-IUeC29t0k2Gge6O56FNUmhfF6KOlSAws/s2887/Male%20White-faced%20Darter,Loch%20Garten,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2887" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2oZmNUcBPEUAnukM4zWtUUNhd763EYLZ_LNPtvtxoEkj5y2KMUjOJwrya60JhZacKHqlbkFUMCJIXMgoZua6-AJF4rS6uxcZQ8C-JnPszGHIIFoCUQvcBWJsq4CVIx-rb7s0RJX5N6XkG7aZbfhoecbT07-IUeC29t0k2Gge6O56FNUmhfF6KOlSAws/w640-h454/Male%20White-faced%20Darter,Loch%20Garten,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male White-faced Darter,Loch Garten,8th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yr3D8RiT3o3ojzblEhI-GO5ejEwP-hx4xcSzpUAgrgeEqglbWZ42OojKi3wWnNJ2dqF9MfCFZIacx8EXqYWAB30nwXmzA8KpmIsVSEAJEtAE808ZRHSBr5tQVYdfyxzJzTVrjfQQhejzx_GWh-JjZYvCCfS21UBVoG1r0y_xIwl6l1rs8HQAMOTz808/s3505/Male%20White-faced%20Darter,Loch%20Garten,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2262" data-original-width="2389" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSWiZOG-UjHSh5cbBC4HKklY_Mc_aKIJ2B_zuJTcauR1Y4Z7AdYTrAODvW-gQJxWkNIho_qZ9ACTMGfY_lc-vf-r-sFMYP654RTgYyIP43K3wusBYy0nu9A88-YkDtw-lD5TiclErSa8zE_Gw2_cqyc2CpL2LwgSi6bZH30XAfIiUroGbgJzMfjZ8mgQ/w640-h606/Male%20Northern%20Damselfly,Duack%20Ponds,Nethybridge,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Northern Damselfly,Duack Ponds,Nethybridge,8th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgaunkq_U20AprQ355NL6bsyG_RHO0yW9tEJ9iCOlm8idkP_RdpdZ364_OazW5iH-4IQAAAepNRDoOTll9h8SXNmgScWNVeU_Y85rGQD4ktoO_k1TnkIaxYwTdzZRdCWDD6_x4X_e8lT7TuRkGD1jEn88CT6ILi-LdI2xLmvOP_ZQMWjd8GfFpgpL2qM/s2640/Male%20Northern%20Damselfly,Duack%20Ponds,Nethybridge,Cairngorm%20National%20Park,Scotland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4hqvGYfEtjVSaCQBEssmandXit7sWTl2B-H23-Dtrok2-8nBiYI3BoYihiC99gj20DG9UcrAMCyFxRpWgGj0VO2GbQtH6Y-hAgIuXZGvrQHxzLTtQ4WDb6W1MDjHdoIL-EGZpxH_s1YhQQBbfl3WZFp6rbdYIEkWs7tEIdhlakpLEQCx6zRDnrLrYWQ/w640-h360/Duack%20Ponds,Nethybridge,Scotland-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Duack Ponds,A Lovely Little Site.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArmtFugCPe_DDkyXk-qM4rXgjnT8i5bSKosm4QGU0r3-NiKTb9GEIirEnNFZ5Nb8nnMbuK5MIqqDgGQHbvBja7cXdPTTuedVfgynihMsgrm4wd2YLpskbeHQZSlQy-kr283e0gAOewRPgDNvbQO7KsNUKyxb7sbxlRXXHw0bHRvtJHiyUrqSBckgLIs/s3598/Duack%20Ponds,Nethybridge,Scotland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2166" data-original-width="3598" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArmtFugCPe_DDkyXk-qM4rXgjnT8i5bSKosm4QGU0r3-NiKTb9GEIirEnNFZ5Nb8nnMbuK5MIqqDgGQHbvBja7cXdPTTuedVfgynihMsgrm4wd2YLpskbeHQZSlQy-kr283e0gAOewRPgDNvbQO7KsNUKyxb7sbxlRXXHw0bHRvtJHiyUrqSBckgLIs/w640-h386/Duack%20Ponds,Nethybridge,Scotland.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-45266774624056219012023-06-19T21:30:00.003-07:002023-06-24T07:24:32.664-07:00Norfolk Hawker,Far-ings NNR,Monday 19th June 2023<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After the incredible news the previous day that a duo of Norfolk Hawkers had been found at Far-ings at Barton,it was a no brainer to go and attempt to add this species to my Lincolnshire Odonata list.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I decided to leave things until 10am when the air temp had got sufficiently warm and then travel over to Barton.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To start on arrival only GPC was present and we both tried to look from a couple of view points with only tantalising glimpses of a good candidate.Then a few others including fellow insect officianado Darren Matthews began to also search and try and get some views.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I eventually saw one insect head on when the green eyes indicative of the species were apparent,but the views were brief and there was also a Brown Hawker causing a little confusion at times.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Fast forward to the evening and with fresh enthusiasm after reserve warden Simon Wellock sent me a couple of photos of one of the individuals,I travelled over for another go.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Graham was again looking and I arrived along with fellow Dragonfly buff,Colin Pumfrett.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This time we hit the jackpot with at first me seeing one from the original sighting spot from the morning,then in my opinion a second individual which showed incredibly well and at close range.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was watched patrolling an area,like the first insect and chasing away all comers and included grabbing a Brown Hawker and tumbling to the ground with it,just superb to watch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After getting some pleasing video clips,we all headed home after this superb encounter with my 28th species of Odonata seen in the county firmly under the belt.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CLhsnpnjLrs" width="655" youtube-src-id="CLhsnpnjLrs"></iframe></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtmuri2oBOZEwHmI_TdV9My1LdS_Ng7kZT2ABB549Wha8LnjY9nwzbDnzk2_kbGYbUQw7Nh_g_Lys7JL_BZX3dSeXYyGOqefigVDxvrTqqf7U7MCDrRQI6sIqeaUTicz-KXYy4owdmWW_xOTmAOzEiZZwALXmSVaI6yNBldhK0e6m76tzvkwGtyQSj8U/s4032/Far-ings%20nature%20reserve,Barton%20Pits,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtmuri2oBOZEwHmI_TdV9My1LdS_Ng7kZT2ABB549Wha8LnjY9nwzbDnzk2_kbGYbUQw7Nh_g_Lys7JL_BZX3dSeXYyGOqefigVDxvrTqqf7U7MCDrRQI6sIqeaUTicz-KXYy4owdmWW_xOTmAOzEiZZwALXmSVaI6yNBldhK0e6m76tzvkwGtyQSj8U/w655-h386/Far-ings%20nature%20reserve,Barton%20Pits,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="655" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Area On The Reserve Where One Of The males Was Patrolling And Holding Territory.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-41740759453758888932023-06-19T07:57:00.005-07:002023-06-19T21:09:10.775-07:00East Halton/Goxhill Odonata,Sunday 18th June 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A trip out to my local birding patch at East Halton/Goxhill today revealed some nice sightings during the visit,with a first for me here in the form of a 'Blue' form female Emperor which i also managed to get some photos of as it perched up after catching some prey.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I also managed to find my first Common Darter of the year at Winter's Pond,but it quickly disappeared into the heavens unfortunately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another nice surprise after my sightings of the species on the 3rd of June,were another 3 Broad-bodied Chasers found today,this time along the edge of the marshes towards the Skitter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Two males and a female showed nicely allowing me to take some pleasing shots with the camera.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are the species and numbers recorded during my visit here today:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Common-blue Damselfly - 80</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Azure Damselfly - 2</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Emperor Dragonfly - 5(Male,East Halton Skitter,'Blue' Female,Ruins Pond(Goxhill Marsh),3(2 males and an ovi-positing female),Winter's Pond.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Black-tailed Skimmer - 7(1,East Halton Marshes & 6,including a mating pair,Winter's Pond)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Four-spotted Chaser - 14(6 Ruins Pond,Goxhill Marsh & 8 Winter's Pond)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Common Darter - 1,Winter's Pond.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj_gLpeeZTPad6CSDewPgUzYxqBlCkD6Jl42ISMIYA-Bu1DgB7X2rJSXTFj9pPgFF6LmfiPnkNIgoxqLV2B2QerjZEYNWzhLhcvQR5EEdUvrrA3I5IU_djpDFV2J5fkspnaKb_4FQeVary3xyMSB5ecD2lOY_IJc_MD8nt1uZSqqBZdj_ZT2KR1GaQgc/s3641/Female%20'Blue%20form'%20Emperor%20Dragonfly,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="3641" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj_gLpeeZTPad6CSDewPgUzYxqBlCkD6Jl42ISMIYA-Bu1DgB7X2rJSXTFj9pPgFF6LmfiPnkNIgoxqLV2B2QerjZEYNWzhLhcvQR5EEdUvrrA3I5IU_djpDFV2J5fkspnaKb_4FQeVary3xyMSB5ecD2lOY_IJc_MD8nt1uZSqqBZdj_ZT2KR1GaQgc/w640-h508/Female%20'Blue%20form'%20Emperor%20Dragonfly,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female 'Blue Form' Emperor,Ruins Pond,Goxhill Marsh.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-343685438593713542023-06-19T06:56:00.001-07:002023-06-19T06:56:26.518-07:00Crowle Moor NNR,Saturday 17th June 2023.<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">With the prospect of a decent forecast today,i headed over to the NNR at Crowle to see what species of Dragonfly and Damselflies were on the wing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After covering some of the best habitat it was becoming apparent that it was going to be a poor visit with regards to numbers of the larger species and it also clouded over in the afternoon,which didn't help matters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I managed to see one first record for the year in the form of a single female Emerald Damselfly and a first sighting of Hairy Dragonfly for Crowle for me also,with a male being seen.I had seen the species previously on several occasions on nearby Thorne Moors.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are the numbers counted and species recorded during my visit:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Common-emerald Damselfly - 1 Female</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Large-red Damselfly - 9</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Azure Damselfly - 16</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Blue-tailed Damselfly - 3</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hairy Dragonfly - 1 Male </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Black-tailed Skimmer - 4</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Four-spotted Chaser - 6</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmVx_eVwedqCVprMnq_VjuXjA5bHHA_53Q7cwnzOjoaO2xmOmsjr07rj5BVbmTFIlk_goKe66ZnTyIygQONXKeI23IsPocUlQ4RQKMuSNgPsicIv73u2zmiYL6JMmt3vB2kdJu38O_vA-H0CCHiNR2vwxpvCtKUXBkjjIol8pzlEPYDUh9VRdHSgVEtg/s2660/Female%20Emerald%20Damselfly,Crowle%20Moor%20NNR,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2270" data-original-width="2660" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmVx_eVwedqCVprMnq_VjuXjA5bHHA_53Q7cwnzOjoaO2xmOmsjr07rj5BVbmTFIlk_goKe66ZnTyIygQONXKeI23IsPocUlQ4RQKMuSNgPsicIv73u2zmiYL6JMmt3vB2kdJu38O_vA-H0CCHiNR2vwxpvCtKUXBkjjIol8pzlEPYDUh9VRdHSgVEtg/w640-h546/Female%20Emerald%20Damselfly,Crowle%20Moor%20NNR,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female Common-emerald Damselfly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWNvgm5XdKTFEYG3Lfl_FJTz4XjIXSivY2UB0Ao5FyjgaurtiJdpep2YoHywfR37Un7DhXw7YwdydWD_hU1vSZ69VilJZ6-qu0tcXyyuZLTeNqVhkIiODuzUH_S0av5m-1UXMhoU3mj2MCKNHYuXB0tIRozPP2kdCXC1DEYdijo_xJkZjSb3iYUUwGSE/s3071/Male%20Hairy%20Dragonfly,Crowle%20Moor%20NNR,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="3071" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWNvgm5XdKTFEYG3Lfl_FJTz4XjIXSivY2UB0Ao5FyjgaurtiJdpep2YoHywfR37Un7DhXw7YwdydWD_hU1vSZ69VilJZ6-qu0tcXyyuZLTeNqVhkIiODuzUH_S0av5m-1UXMhoU3mj2MCKNHYuXB0tIRozPP2kdCXC1DEYdijo_xJkZjSb3iYUUwGSE/w640-h422/Male%20Hairy%20Dragonfly,Crowle%20Moor%20NNR,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Hairy Dragonfly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-58662448151785546652023-06-15T10:25:00.006-07:002023-06-15T10:25:53.482-07:00Beautiful Demoiselle's........Saturday 10th June 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After visiting the excellent Wykeham Forest on my annual visit to see the breeding raptors there and other woodland species,I decided to travel the short distance over to Forge Valley to look for those aquatic jewels,Beautiful Demoiselle.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On arrival at the site it wasn't long before i watched my first 2 males as they chased each other over the River Derwent,this was a good start.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i walked i thankfully came across more and more insects and came across a sunny,sheltered gap in the trees where at least 10 insects where gathered.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I climbed down to a patch of dry mud and just sat and watched these stunning Damselflies going about their business and displaying and chasing each other and the females present.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One amazing piece of behaviour i hadn't seen in life before,was the display flight of a male,where he flies with his wings vibrating extra fast over a good patch of floating weed and then plops onto the water holding his abdomen up so as to not get water-logged and drift down with the current.This is to show the females it is a good area to lay eggs and that the current isn't too fast and her eggs will not get washed away.Just fantastic to watch,these Damsels are just amazing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I carried on my walk along the river after enjoying the males amazing display and discovered more Demoiselles and in the end finished on an amazing count of 19 males and 15 females,by far the most i have ever recorded here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">What an amazing visit to see this stunning insect,the following are my favourite photos from the visit.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="3015" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGgqSQ_5k4Up_b9BC2ktH9cWJ3Un_ViBKANvYz4h5jDe_CExuU59LOnTa9WY_cp6KcfwMBTE1ZIPtfQ1ClTAzZKCUFrdlHsQUZz0x0mN4yEi4dPWGzOPR7xOkgaie0-h_fY03FInpHEaiFrcHL4mcrLfYkwUMoe0NTCSXXZQ8eO6DV340qYhB8Xxd/w640-h546/Female%20Beautiful%20Demoiselle's,Forge%20Valley,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Females Together.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZ2BJKFSOAiztWiBDrk-HUstQazM6GhbpLYjXrjp3Ze6SQlGA3DoQCyZrNjMhOM3RgE9o1iPGDbkPh2K8jb_nK-cj0H79v2ZOKip5xwW3ENjsohUvCf-g3qahR_c_JV5ciJcO57bVoD35SFXVBDSvbyj40rPUFz6GtQ8ZJ8FZt0N9iekwAkyivfLG/s3019/Female%20Beautiful%20Demoiselle,Forge%20Valley,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2422" data-original-width="3019" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZ2BJKFSOAiztWiBDrk-HUstQazM6GhbpLYjXrjp3Ze6SQlGA3DoQCyZrNjMhOM3RgE9o1iPGDbkPh2K8jb_nK-cj0H79v2ZOKip5xwW3ENjsohUvCf-g3qahR_c_JV5ciJcO57bVoD35SFXVBDSvbyj40rPUFz6GtQ8ZJ8FZt0N9iekwAkyivfLG/w640-h514/Female%20Beautiful%20Demoiselle,Forge%20Valley,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hide And Seek With This Female,Proving This Species Does Prefer More Shaded Locations.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uyPX-4ZgxRvWIaJqHw_ejbpDaHb7NFRZeoDWLQHluIQh_-iYgUkO7OEooxG6MdV8Zz66VeV4DKhsECFMa4mf91WzIu357IEwrqsXJUNUok59owu-spaqw1mcrHJKKGMgur3st4bKSIW6-5ijy3_Ojp4wH2iQM4cHgmY2-qklGXaHL2qvwDrbJhaC/s3095/Male%20Beautiful%20Demoiselle,Forge%20Valley,North%20Yorkshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2127" data-original-width="3095" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uyPX-4ZgxRvWIaJqHw_ejbpDaHb7NFRZeoDWLQHluIQh_-iYgUkO7OEooxG6MdV8Zz66VeV4DKhsECFMa4mf91WzIu357IEwrqsXJUNUok59owu-spaqw1mcrHJKKGMgur3st4bKSIW6-5ijy3_Ojp4wH2iQM4cHgmY2-qklGXaHL2qvwDrbJhaC/w640-h440/Male%20Beautiful%20Demoiselle,Forge%20Valley,North%20Yorkshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Particular Male Gave Stunning Views!.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtWgeClVwoAC-JFX5e1-4Mx_elWulFQEMdyDCFN3o--d5pXtO-omUvZ61LqlFIsVpPvY6NdlLM5SRUaXo-0unnYdYn_PMONq5pOWF_fQMpy-ylhE5_l3r0Tv8le87XVjXKKpWGnuF0Tc8-o4w3m1lehKNLBKlcVfhAytk4-eCkdB3cKMAwIgGGETT/s3099/Male%20Beautiful%20Demoiselle,Forge%20Valley,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlnUbLyLq79vx_pJw8w9yCPBQ9wjPKllA9HcEcsiKrSczo_5jf79RyTC0GwN6aXm_ZX8kRdrksXSlKonXcb7AI7-powpQGl96q_AURZ1hKFcNHo1-wXE_O88zniXwJqq5SzslDCez7Ze2M1CjglDURtAyvPA8zxmPlH4khFUNZoMjKjWrjwx_0cug/s2955/Immature%20male%20Beautiful%20Demoiselle,Forge%20Valley,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="2955" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlnUbLyLq79vx_pJw8w9yCPBQ9wjPKllA9HcEcsiKrSczo_5jf79RyTC0GwN6aXm_ZX8kRdrksXSlKonXcb7AI7-powpQGl96q_AURZ1hKFcNHo1-wXE_O88zniXwJqq5SzslDCez7Ze2M1CjglDURtAyvPA8zxmPlH4khFUNZoMjKjWrjwx_0cug/w640-h492/Immature%20male%20Beautiful%20Demoiselle,Forge%20Valley,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Immature Male Which Was Relatively Newly Emerged.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-47691507876950628942023-06-07T09:57:00.000-07:002023-06-07T09:57:11.652-07:00Local Patch Odonata - Saturday 3rd June 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A visit to the local birding patch at East Halton today,saw some welcome warm sunshine gracing us at last,despite the cool easterly element in the wind still.</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In some sheltered spots around Winter's Pond it was sufficiently warm to find a few species and today,a multiple encounter of Broad-bodied Chaser's was most welcome.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To start i found 4 females together on the sheltered side of the hedgerow,which leads down to the Humber alongside the main lake here and a further single female along Marsh Lane later in the morning,making for a pretty decent count for the local patch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">These stunning Dragons are always a pleasure to see and i managed to get some decent photos and video of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also seen around the main lake at Winter's,were good numbers of Common-blue Damselfly,the commonest species of Damselfly at this site.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are the numbers of species recorded:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Common-blue Damselfly - 70(Winter's Pond),10(East Halton Marshes & 25(Marsh Lane)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Broad-bodied Chaser - 4 females(Winter's Pond) & 1 Female(Marsh Lane).</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9chFhhTKB-vcC5Ae0Varg8ZDkANIav8W8dGCYAcy-_r7eOedY3TOYEW1R8-oXBp8kALIR7vFv2SAtTr08visse8gAv15TSp9tW4o03GUCLLcHnUZylnLr4XgSjxxfizNRbFoChQIaOzApHrfP1UbEkbiEAVTcFRGpu62A2ZifLVXM_-_qU0jcAog/s3936/Female%20Broad-bodied%20Chaser,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2745" data-original-width="3936" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9chFhhTKB-vcC5Ae0Varg8ZDkANIav8W8dGCYAcy-_r7eOedY3TOYEW1R8-oXBp8kALIR7vFv2SAtTr08visse8gAv15TSp9tW4o03GUCLLcHnUZylnLr4XgSjxxfizNRbFoChQIaOzApHrfP1UbEkbiEAVTcFRGpu62A2ZifLVXM_-_qU0jcAog/w640-h446/Female%20Broad-bodied%20Chaser,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female Broad-bodied Chaser,Winter's Pond.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="2189" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_SOqn-59sNuCH_RqhwZwFsFANLASpanqU9cl29rTJYe7ud09GkS1xSs1OAdJWvU-mrnZDzkEkmDbOJExXMcGGQyKw83yaKmq31Rwc5stKpd5JMVDgyRdiEadfpzp9z9usXJxxNWr6YEWK9SQau5i8Vpi6IQQWMBeSkgQvcZAX9ALGlzJsRqLTqGa/w640-h624/Female%20Broad-bodied%20Chaser,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two In One Photo!.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF89Pb6E9j5rcmoPtBaVyQ-VUH5JUlfHksI751Y4a6EGrzTv9z0R50T2biSGb3V3cMF5XjKQF74N-87RQr7l1tQYGW_OZfAfJYtbQai1R6NN1591x5wvZEtmgwTa8iy-1-riMFcZyCDpAC9tsTSaouoZ4lq9hn7RV1sVPyQTVD7fGG3qHqYG_v-3jr/s2337/Female%20Broad-bodied%20Chaser,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1947" data-original-width="1759" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTA7HpTBJvrRnnGz8yGic5NlA-m1P297IpJnkh3DwI5PV97rgJjwpLNcv69WCDlREQ74V4Jz1pn27IFi-gMd4QBw5t0Xn4-IIgHJ1OX5m2KmR93Lsn9qlrUPU2JxKmLvBLAnYcazGO-tiGLS2kcC0gkoU2EsTWvhQ6K1plAj2huFRjcejo3DEpyLK/w578-h640/Immature%20Male%20Common-blue%20Damselfly,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="578" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Immature Male Common-blue Damselfly,Winter's Pond.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFE5mwKcN30_uBfK3WyST2ZoRJ2Fe4WiYd67V-nOQNsYOLvcAUwb0caOgLIV8Hs15YaqAQG1jvI4xDtqmRxsRDkkzxdbKYPj9OpXuZhBH-XDMqpvouX_W7B2ftbUqMBRR9VnQud2qOmRMimvwF46wwjEGjIewMNZIsBI8zd2FxJJDWeLXD8Q7sj9x-/s4032/Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFE5mwKcN30_uBfK3WyST2ZoRJ2Fe4WiYd67V-nOQNsYOLvcAUwb0caOgLIV8Hs15YaqAQG1jvI4xDtqmRxsRDkkzxdbKYPj9OpXuZhBH-XDMqpvouX_W7B2ftbUqMBRR9VnQud2qOmRMimvwF46wwjEGjIewMNZIsBI8zd2FxJJDWeLXD8Q7sj9x-/w640-h360/Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winter's Pond,Showing The Long Track Down To The Humber Floodbank.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NnFKS5P7W0M" width="646" youtube-src-id="NnFKS5P7W0M"></iframe></div><br />Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-26864682941530973622023-05-23T12:10:00.002-07:002023-05-23T12:10:34.458-07:00Messingham Sand Quarries,Sunday 21st May 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A really good forecast today saw me heading with anticipation to one of Lincolnshire's finest</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">reserves for Odonata,Messingham Sand Quarries to do some recording and hopefully get a few nice photos.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After what seems like weeks and weeks of cold spring weather with only sporadic spells of 'decent' dragonfly recording conditions,today was going to be THE day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I spent a total of 5 hours on site and managed a total of 7 species,with 6 of those being new for the year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Personal highlights were seeing my first Hairy Dragonfly's and Red-eyed Damselflies for the new season,both fave species.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was really great to get out today and finally see some species,hopefully this will be continuing theme now with some warmer weather.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are the numbers and species recorded during the visit:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Red-eyed Damselfly - 6</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Large-red Damselfly - 3</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Azure Damselfly - 550</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Common-blue Damselfly - 48</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Blue-tailed Damselfly - 72</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hairy Dragonfly - 10,8 males and 2 female</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Four-spotted Chaser - 11</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZjimTzFUDQK939wl9_3FSulqk0Cd26fwi3POLJhNAUd0Xt-8boxw35C6MRyZEzngSWEwNRS9XfJNPrnHaxQ0kDR0trAEPLSB-_9sR8TyLObh_Q0HEkpRqhmW_oKmxomh2_vEec36pKQazFcUCt-3FDQi4-wARtVyodDSxm7FrS_pV_nfudQQR5I7/s3409/Four-spotted%20Chaser,Messingham%20sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="3409" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZjimTzFUDQK939wl9_3FSulqk0Cd26fwi3POLJhNAUd0Xt-8boxw35C6MRyZEzngSWEwNRS9XfJNPrnHaxQ0kDR0trAEPLSB-_9sR8TyLObh_Q0HEkpRqhmW_oKmxomh2_vEec36pKQazFcUCt-3FDQi4-wARtVyodDSxm7FrS_pV_nfudQQR5I7/w640-h476/Four-spotted%20Chaser,Messingham%20sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Four-spotted Chaser.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNQ_9o9jmxDUy5lKbua2L6gEeZL1vOyNXCaD7Db5Oh-A0Zz5Iu_7gl1fgdPdT60h1XyAi8ttsjrupPk2QEhFmGWp1rmqLh--5DFt-6PNZ964JFhMgQbmApXTRh-5wLpBS_rAjK8f8FkCkaOONF4dlZ_oAm-O3NQ_tlE1UbAZtDOMdSHBOsME2K_Sr/s3769/Female%20'Blue%20Form'%20Azure%20Damselfly,Messingham%20sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2657" data-original-width="3769" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNQ_9o9jmxDUy5lKbua2L6gEeZL1vOyNXCaD7Db5Oh-A0Zz5Iu_7gl1fgdPdT60h1XyAi8ttsjrupPk2QEhFmGWp1rmqLh--5DFt-6PNZ964JFhMgQbmApXTRh-5wLpBS_rAjK8f8FkCkaOONF4dlZ_oAm-O3NQ_tlE1UbAZtDOMdSHBOsME2K_Sr/w640-h452/Female%20'Blue%20Form'%20Azure%20Damselfly,Messingham%20sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female 'Blue Form' Azure Damselfly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-69514927346247990722023-04-21T10:26:00.002-07:002023-04-21T10:26:32.453-07:00Large-red Damselflies - Crowle/Thorne Moors NNR,Sunday 16th April 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A trip to this superb NNR today to primarily look for the first Odonata of the season,resulted in a small number of Large-red Damselflies being found adjacent to Will Pitts Scrape and the Warping Drain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Before arriving this morning along with Dave and Andy,the forecast hadn't been great,with 70% cloud and the odd sunny period forecast,but the BBC got it wrong again,this time thankfully in a positive way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">By mid-morning it was almost wall to wall sunshine and this had the desired effect with us finding our first Large-red's of the day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The previous week had seen mixed,cool weather,but i did expect to find a few today to be honest and it was really great to get a few nice pics as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hopefully over the coming weeks,we will see some decent weather and more emergences and i look forward to another visit here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Zygoptera: </span> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Large-red Damselfly - 11</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3549" data-original-width="2032" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ari2UV0anwlCREjFfJ20fQ2j0Rz_BhEEHp8fyCW2As8z4dfq9GYmfKV975VHekp-cC3ea9WkLoul8LpB0FB7SGCdaM5Do18U_R2cXyidRKAFmFCaYcaOjwqcCB0SEpq6xY3fmsCC5nemsFtQ-vyVIdIuYccFqGIzp0oJEjJTwEAGs89yxwd77bZY/w366-h640/Male%20Southern%20Hawker,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Southern Hawker</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdgoR1ByBMXB3bZUEH5xST57YQdarMzskYBGhexYI1hrb-RUdwgd35gejKTmF75ijPgN3DqVjP4O8ts8yCo8GdUt3ET_LVUHAZrCtlBZ2jITXOE_LHS0BdiaWktJ_gaaq93THyX7MQQi7jxgTmfzcNeeQZ5vj5r9lgg07un-MB6FjRKkMckW9-EJe/s3045/Male%20Southern%20Hawker,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3045" data-original-width="1871" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdgoR1ByBMXB3bZUEH5xST57YQdarMzskYBGhexYI1hrb-RUdwgd35gejKTmF75ijPgN3DqVjP4O8ts8yCo8GdUt3ET_LVUHAZrCtlBZ2jITXOE_LHS0BdiaWktJ_gaaq93THyX7MQQi7jxgTmfzcNeeQZ5vj5r9lgg07un-MB6FjRKkMckW9-EJe/w394-h640/Male%20Southern%20Hawker,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Southern Hawker</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNksl0XiEd_-dQ-ZNiwziU_3KxbLekFbyOA6Xx8uzryaHkr9Xd0-wC4VM-aJN96RRgik7RF3SWjG4KRkMlZhTTojTJl6g70plHcZi94dnDCC3skT3azCYrR5SOoQ3PXq2WeXyp_lnNiN0QBUhK32P8mUv9iEKMod5ZGXlPxaiKSPK9-1F9tbpQ46Jg/s3768/Male%20Migrant%20&%20Southern%20Hawkers,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="3768" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNksl0XiEd_-dQ-ZNiwziU_3KxbLekFbyOA6Xx8uzryaHkr9Xd0-wC4VM-aJN96RRgik7RF3SWjG4KRkMlZhTTojTJl6g70plHcZi94dnDCC3skT3azCYrR5SOoQ3PXq2WeXyp_lnNiN0QBUhK32P8mUv9iEKMod5ZGXlPxaiKSPK9-1F9tbpQ46Jg/w640-h284/Male%20Migrant%20&%20Southern%20Hawkers,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Migrant & Southern Hawkers Together.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJU67La4xy8xjqynACOxiF1cPGqTQu9pESjnBBc9LkRlDpwpon9rAVtECGkY5xle7WHdaqlS3kVFT-n9vhJrTww6ihIsJ41XzmORitKNwgBlfKXiUlJU9gTx4d9eLy2pdPkUuuM7Whyb5frqjveH0JQv4wH8iI6xt8MTl-MWkRmfHpfh5JF8H6jSyD/s2840/Male%20&%20Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselflies%20In%20Cop,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2840" data-original-width="2030" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJU67La4xy8xjqynACOxiF1cPGqTQu9pESjnBBc9LkRlDpwpon9rAVtECGkY5xle7WHdaqlS3kVFT-n9vhJrTww6ihIsJ41XzmORitKNwgBlfKXiUlJU9gTx4d9eLy2pdPkUuuM7Whyb5frqjveH0JQv4wH8iI6xt8MTl-MWkRmfHpfh5JF8H6jSyD/w458-h640/Male%20&%20Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselflies%20In%20Cop,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male & Female Willow-emerald Damselflies In Tandem</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhae70NdxJvCSYpBZqxFhj2rwFtn0B_lyGzPT3GgK7Jf6OG08OZGNx9UKqLAbUi9w0acj_pZMbLEtyZJW0lW8sbf5thSMDT3LzooU-y21qdwKAUrXFouHHzTCokTRYfV42w2o3NhjZITn6pP-uIe3KEs8alk43mzUVpYbaxqwkrqcMNYGYTb9OiWCvA/s2330/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2330" data-original-width="2098" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhae70NdxJvCSYpBZqxFhj2rwFtn0B_lyGzPT3GgK7Jf6OG08OZGNx9UKqLAbUi9w0acj_pZMbLEtyZJW0lW8sbf5thSMDT3LzooU-y21qdwKAUrXFouHHzTCokTRYfV42w2o3NhjZITn6pP-uIe3KEs8alk43mzUVpYbaxqwkrqcMNYGYTb9OiWCvA/w576-h640/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="576" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Willow-emerald Damselfly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-49568345800420504052022-09-21T10:09:00.001-07:002022-09-21T10:09:09.939-07:00Local Patch Willow's,Saturday 10th & 17th September 2022.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After looking for the last couple of years on my local birding patch at East Halton/Goxhill on the banks of the Humber Estuary,i finally found my first Willow-emerald Damselflies along the edge of East Halton Beck on the 10th September.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This first encounter involved 5 males sheltering along the southern side of the approach road to East Halton Skitter,alongside East Halton Beck.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Beck is brackish in this section,so it was a surprise to see the species along here to be fair,but there are a lot of suitable overhanging trees for egg-laying.I quick search in my library and on-line revealed nothing with regards to the species breeding in brackish sites,but other related species do on the continent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another visit to the site on the 17th September revealed even more insects,with a whopping count of 33 individuals,which included 3 mating pairs and a single female,the rest were males.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking at the number involved,this is probably not the first year they have bred here in the area and i look forward to future visits to monitor this new population of this ever increasing species.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are a few images from the two visits.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8bYzoVQrYjz8k3gujFBdcxj-_w4jXTcG25x8P0eAf_j4oHo7Qgk_fye80Dgztui9BT3E7qXwc6PXwvTS3ZBWVWQC1YaqRH3ts1md_CMZ2k4nIqhnUjnJ9xOCBxsouv9Q_HHkC2trrG0AKDnHLr688s7S4NgjBntG1nDCdc8xWAx088OIGlVHCL4C/s2633/Male%20&%20Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselflies,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="1926" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8bYzoVQrYjz8k3gujFBdcxj-_w4jXTcG25x8P0eAf_j4oHo7Qgk_fye80Dgztui9BT3E7qXwc6PXwvTS3ZBWVWQC1YaqRH3ts1md_CMZ2k4nIqhnUjnJ9xOCBxsouv9Q_HHkC2trrG0AKDnHLr688s7S4NgjBntG1nDCdc8xWAx088OIGlVHCL4C/w468-h640/Male%20&%20Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselflies,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Tandem Pair.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6u5ZMWlfuwrdfUV2_RiY4GYBMnfu7c09KeXYel-6RwqFQ-kdCMsv-2VU3ksnM1LIRXKayY-6cyVZvQ8ah1qBsvbpL6XkLT62sfOsSQtwLPpw6mbpOlj2mgQ9kP5Sw3q1ALj7pe_ABo1ReTZY1bgb3ZAAJsPLqVlLsWfIIC3ZZYJkwtr5khUVUTap/s2134/Male%20&%20Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselflies,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6u5ZMWlfuwrdfUV2_RiY4GYBMnfu7c09KeXYel-6RwqFQ-kdCMsv-2VU3ksnM1LIRXKayY-6cyVZvQ8ah1qBsvbpL6XkLT62sfOsSQtwLPpw6mbpOlj2mgQ9kP5Sw3q1ALj7pe_ABo1ReTZY1bgb3ZAAJsPLqVlLsWfIIC3ZZYJkwtr5khUVUTap/w358-h640/Male%20&%20Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselflies,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="358" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdFDVPcbmj7k2WIgUWwc_BU7sZPcSSEYpFCTKzh1p6mxvxd4EV7jf-ILFEQIkJbJA3gC6S8NP86cfyxfqWPODSVnV-1lu1VwsA-w-0cwGNfUji8iGDAwlQ80CPWsk1SrtiA-mqVYsj4gGvYCieu57bNOLTi077DKnQKjKZX_72f2wWHpk7KZHQf84/s2246/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="1607" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdFDVPcbmj7k2WIgUWwc_BU7sZPcSSEYpFCTKzh1p6mxvxd4EV7jf-ILFEQIkJbJA3gC6S8NP86cfyxfqWPODSVnV-1lu1VwsA-w-0cwGNfUji8iGDAwlQ80CPWsk1SrtiA-mqVYsj4gGvYCieu57bNOLTi077DKnQKjKZX_72f2wWHpk7KZHQf84/w458-h640/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire%20(3).jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Confiding Male.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3AFXZJTj9Nf9bQq8lBzpndDukYtr5NUv6cfcKMSh-m3k0A_fNr7ud_85MYicK2LQzHhO5tXC0Z6tQEnAs2rDLK7jART_rGS6KV3WWnm12NqpEKEmVC1Z4DMeWP_CEq45UCohPs3jU2Xb6FoH04jBiyrlZJuGqIaYjhk_R3K56bQdgkpRx1hpjnog/s3056/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="2150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3AFXZJTj9Nf9bQq8lBzpndDukYtr5NUv6cfcKMSh-m3k0A_fNr7ud_85MYicK2LQzHhO5tXC0Z6tQEnAs2rDLK7jART_rGS6KV3WWnm12NqpEKEmVC1Z4DMeWP_CEq45UCohPs3jU2Xb6FoH04jBiyrlZJuGqIaYjhk_R3K56bQdgkpRx1hpjnog/w450-h640/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire%20(2).jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Male.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-36088400239693974472022-09-03T04:07:00.003-07:002022-09-03T04:09:02.319-07:00Messingham Sand Quarries,Sunday 28th August 2022.<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I decided to pay MSQ a visit today,in the hope of locating some Willow-emerald Damselflies,as i had not seen the species here before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a good search,i managed to find a total of 12 individual insects in three areas of the reserve and managed to obtain some nice images of the key identification features,which i have labelled up on the photos with the diagnostic features.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other species encountered on today's visit included,1 Common-blue Damselflt,3 Brown Hawker,2 Ruddy Darter and 25 Common Darter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are my favourite images from the visit:</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWieWOQg-wgOHqLvATH1BBhmCOWNBCd7Fd-FhIRrTVYeIbF__olYSszx0KnqXAxHMvKWEmM1ribIMPUFd-UufRCFr9eOsYePr5hgGKOYTAxBzjvtBfWoj5vHg7SBljxWTRpRHL7q0X-G-VKlMyfaVTxNzMYf0e_aul-gZ4afB0GuayjKT1bsa27edQ/s2720/Female%20Common%20Darter,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1943" data-original-width="2720" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWieWOQg-wgOHqLvATH1BBhmCOWNBCd7Fd-FhIRrTVYeIbF__olYSszx0KnqXAxHMvKWEmM1ribIMPUFd-UufRCFr9eOsYePr5hgGKOYTAxBzjvtBfWoj5vHg7SBljxWTRpRHL7q0X-G-VKlMyfaVTxNzMYf0e_aul-gZ4afB0GuayjKT1bsa27edQ/w640-h458/Female%20Common%20Darter,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female Common Darter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEkykQvery9RUmmyNWm0IGCTL2P6AtuqvWutMedeYoGKRGIzPrVdcfYYHwDNJGphS6NVIAqiAdlRpG08YeRdu78i23wQT4ivD72X2PXpA5t8nr8XgrRKpZJgh-cGXJZ0OKd9l-jMaOpDUL9wY4m5F2wmuL230DOf8xiT-v6ydQ43syY7pzPynt8av/s2859/Female%20Common%20Darter,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1883" data-original-width="2859" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEkykQvery9RUmmyNWm0IGCTL2P6AtuqvWutMedeYoGKRGIzPrVdcfYYHwDNJGphS6NVIAqiAdlRpG08YeRdu78i23wQT4ivD72X2PXpA5t8nr8XgrRKpZJgh-cGXJZ0OKd9l-jMaOpDUL9wY4m5F2wmuL230DOf8xiT-v6ydQ43syY7pzPynt8av/w640-h422/Female%20Common%20Darter,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqASAFQdmn2TpWd0TSPoYXVLp0h8npEL3eTzbomoNIR9DbBxUlaK6F6utlVpJUf4HQA7VW5-hTvncqxHb5_vWCF_I4_Y9LpWWKoU3BHrwQDM3xQq0FY56nCUNZoqs2yB5a7hkE2j6sZd7KNroFbOyNll2LBJc3pmjXVQSxoqIOqm_tjkIWIJ-RJgDR/s2217/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="2217" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqASAFQdmn2TpWd0TSPoYXVLp0h8npEL3eTzbomoNIR9DbBxUlaK6F6utlVpJUf4HQA7VW5-hTvncqxHb5_vWCF_I4_Y9LpWWKoU3BHrwQDM3xQq0FY56nCUNZoqs2yB5a7hkE2j6sZd7KNroFbOyNll2LBJc3pmjXVQSxoqIOqm_tjkIWIJ-RJgDR/w640-h614/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Willow-emerald Damselfly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65hYj3j4D2X46zCvnnNZUKPO9UQ0rC0-qqjLr29Ks9uOggUe5jpgnnEGyEvwiB1TUCIQzkoNgFL8KMjOT3XRY6C91HKDX1kuh_yaoDeOksIgu0pT5nqtg8KZ3a122_aN7aNXiWRTPhIoRU4_mxLYEGAnRnb5gprVI7EFlkQLLrNGfk2yQwHzaySuo/s2090/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2090" data-original-width="2022" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65hYj3j4D2X46zCvnnNZUKPO9UQ0rC0-qqjLr29Ks9uOggUe5jpgnnEGyEvwiB1TUCIQzkoNgFL8KMjOT3XRY6C91HKDX1kuh_yaoDeOksIgu0pT5nqtg8KZ3a122_aN7aNXiWRTPhIoRU4_mxLYEGAnRnb5gprVI7EFlkQLLrNGfk2yQwHzaySuo/w620-h640/Male%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="620" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Note The Pale Claspers On This Species,Compared To Common-emerald,The Only Other Species You Are Likely To Encounter Here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F19MYwCGJIhfvmVXyTkON08eCy6d06-Q7u9IrW1tcSBG-5xubRaWPxWVBO3Ql9hJtvG2Yj-xVXgZzx5CCornDX-Rhnqgq7Y29YM3tE0Jp5iGhgIlmV6QHhkUjV86GEeccSyWBQuhUmgq6sG9akdNCx8oAbO2TAakwnrZrl94gbLOW-wnEgrGlxgl/s1878/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="1878" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F19MYwCGJIhfvmVXyTkON08eCy6d06-Q7u9IrW1tcSBG-5xubRaWPxWVBO3Ql9hJtvG2Yj-xVXgZzx5CCornDX-Rhnqgq7Y29YM3tE0Jp5iGhgIlmV6QHhkUjV86GEeccSyWBQuhUmgq6sG9akdNCx8oAbO2TAakwnrZrl94gbLOW-wnEgrGlxgl/w640-h632/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Pale Pterostigmas In Mature Insects Is Also Another Good Identification Feature,But Beware Immature Common-emeralds Can Also Show Pale Pterostigmas When Maturing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9oj2aPp5A8oAdxITPiSNeM8IFs-gDacJ-QS2e6lBAo43HZ-UIryWAqtySZkHzsRhwVlDpg8TypdsaZqQv_2_fsGa0JoEoekTvd_HFpq2fxbN7FTTCPshfuO9_CARn0U9LPlDeUIzbPxAs_BmGetBXaM0tLTAfuPxwMXDtiGmkAqbE2BMD8XTsHfc/s2282/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2282" data-original-width="1914" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9oj2aPp5A8oAdxITPiSNeM8IFs-gDacJ-QS2e6lBAo43HZ-UIryWAqtySZkHzsRhwVlDpg8TypdsaZqQv_2_fsGa0JoEoekTvd_HFpq2fxbN7FTTCPshfuO9_CARn0U9LPlDeUIzbPxAs_BmGetBXaM0tLTAfuPxwMXDtiGmkAqbE2BMD8XTsHfc/w536-h640/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-5.jpg" width="536" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female Willow-emerald.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJD5S7q_X5MhbixBwRIvwMAHyBwCz3VmhIp0S417t-jfVJez_JlArnpuP9hEGv0YuNfAlnjAdVombQ3E3SMCcVisYGiSDZhLnConVRiwVLfnPB_NQvtXG7kYCUK0NPJH_FVOdTqBkY-_upwTT8Gr3rIqyHbaP59P2BEIR7r4uFAqojwMwIOQLN7i1/s2031/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2031" data-original-width="1528" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJD5S7q_X5MhbixBwRIvwMAHyBwCz3VmhIp0S417t-jfVJez_JlArnpuP9hEGv0YuNfAlnjAdVombQ3E3SMCcVisYGiSDZhLnConVRiwVLfnPB_NQvtXG7kYCUK0NPJH_FVOdTqBkY-_upwTT8Gr3rIqyHbaP59P2BEIR7r4uFAqojwMwIOQLN7i1/w482-h640/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-4.jpg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female Willow-emerald Showing The Diagnostic Angled Line On The Side Of The Thorax.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="1998" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYBsjzq8JxzYCCMyt-0XDiDfyyrd0FIq4DXtQfWl9xEK46PJB9swkuDTdCPbIxzM4vjh62-0WbXdeTU_D6zrlkzwy6U24EncMqcDWsIglog2x1qEAIirDzV52ibi8P4vDAKa2aa8ks4mycPA9WI4gL4IVmlMogiEqFJtIPnKmiJCgnDlpt3QJ_raD/w634-h640/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="634" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ovipositor Detail From This Female.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYBsjzq8JxzYCCMyt-0XDiDfyyrd0FIq4DXtQfWl9xEK46PJB9swkuDTdCPbIxzM4vjh62-0WbXdeTU_D6zrlkzwy6U24EncMqcDWsIglog2x1qEAIirDzV52ibi8P4vDAKa2aa8ks4mycPA9WI4gL4IVmlMogiEqFJtIPnKmiJCgnDlpt3QJ_raD/s2019/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtD2eapMM2ln4JFSP5sp9pvB7MkcJN9YZexXBEmBrKGMbidX7g4f5nmVIbdtdzKcBKjYYK2zsPLCWOiVlRBBA5R0IA1HnMSMUZ1jvOk2QKvpy339n23m5IxmhTH5aqfM9nUsgqyOfbIetYE6Yg5y2ZD9XX7-iTFzZBhWRrY4iXkWYM78UeCI-A2NX/s2026/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1843" data-original-width="2026" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtD2eapMM2ln4JFSP5sp9pvB7MkcJN9YZexXBEmBrKGMbidX7g4f5nmVIbdtdzKcBKjYYK2zsPLCWOiVlRBBA5R0IA1HnMSMUZ1jvOk2QKvpy339n23m5IxmhTH5aqfM9nUsgqyOfbIetYE6Yg5y2ZD9XX7-iTFzZBhWRrY4iXkWYM78UeCI-A2NX/w640-h582/Female%20Willow-emerald%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female Willow-emerald Damselfly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-36334972019062616102022-06-18T02:14:00.007-07:002022-06-18T02:14:47.210-07:00Local Patch BBC.......Saturday 11th June 2022.<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">A visit to the local patch today,saw a few species of Odonata being seen,which included my first Broad-bodied Chaser,a cracking female found on the edge of the mitigation area.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other species observed,included my first local patch records of the year of Black-tailed Skimmer,always a welcome sight.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are the species observed and numbers recorded:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">Zygoptera</span>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Azure Damselfly - 3(Winter's Pond) & 55(East Halton Marshes)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Common-blue Damselfly - 56(Winter's Pond) & 180(East Halton Marshes)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Blue-tailed Damselfly - 2(Winter's Pond) & 2(East Halton Marshes)</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Broad-bodied Chaser - 1 Female(East Halton Marshes)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Black-tailed Skimmer - 4</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pzTia54df57_ZaZqyZNwyqnA6Mj7e3u8GEOakDKaNQhfgg1HhEd2l5-Zn_sIsBP-FJ9oCIavxuuDeO7CYOUHb_8lDER_dQzEWsf7mKdWdggM_JwPV6dK2QBoEGMTcVcWS3S4FHzg4uiuZQ7nDvcIgqV-4iDdebhz7KIwj7kPVDYR-bRq0LbR_g_P/s2583/Female%20Common-blue%20Damselfly,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1934" data-original-width="2583" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pzTia54df57_ZaZqyZNwyqnA6Mj7e3u8GEOakDKaNQhfgg1HhEd2l5-Zn_sIsBP-FJ9oCIavxuuDeO7CYOUHb_8lDER_dQzEWsf7mKdWdggM_JwPV6dK2QBoEGMTcVcWS3S4FHzg4uiuZQ7nDvcIgqV-4iDdebhz7KIwj7kPVDYR-bRq0LbR_g_P/w640-h480/Female%20Common-blue%20Damselfly,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female Common-blue Damselfly - Winter's Pond.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDEgjDn93FJKXgTVNPaxqL4WSUl9FOXPSXm7qs26f_Y9eJHrWCBItBT7uSQ99AO4jYSx7WLG7JtJnxIA_h9OZkyM5dPAMC645NVEgWhdWBSPWdATQpQIxh8_dihl-SmyM4SiusVqa2uHx-La1nqnYR07_2q_59Xs3Z95X485RGj8fc7UY5UJaHXqX/s2989/Female%20Broad-bodied%20Chaser,East%20Halton%20Marshes,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2276" data-original-width="2989" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDEgjDn93FJKXgTVNPaxqL4WSUl9FOXPSXm7qs26f_Y9eJHrWCBItBT7uSQ99AO4jYSx7WLG7JtJnxIA_h9OZkyM5dPAMC645NVEgWhdWBSPWdATQpQIxh8_dihl-SmyM4SiusVqa2uHx-La1nqnYR07_2q_59Xs3Z95X485RGj8fc7UY5UJaHXqX/w640-h488/Female%20Broad-bodied%20Chaser,East%20Halton%20Marshes,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Female Broad-bodied Chaser - East Halton Marshes.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="460" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ylvQ-UajJa0" width="646" youtube-src-id="ylvQ-UajJa0"></iframe></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-87056716532514583712022-06-13T00:25:00.001-07:002022-06-13T00:25:17.961-07:00Dainty Damselfly,Kent,Saturday 4th June 2022.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After thankfully twitching the Eleonora's Falcon at Worth we made our way to another destination to look for a new species of Odonata for us all,the very rare Dainty Damselfly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The conditions were not ideal,with a very strong onshore breeze,making searching for insects very difficult,but thankfully i managed to find 2 mature insects,a male and a female and at least 15 tenerals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The species is certainly a distinct one with the size certainly ringing true in the species name and the combination of features making it a relatively easy species to identify.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The males show a combination of features which includes the distinct wine goblet shaped marking on S2,a little like on Variable Damselfly,but the sides of the goblet are angled instead of being straight.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">S6-7 are completely black on this species and S10 is black also.Another good feature is the pale and long pterostigmas and i found the legs looked paler than Azure or Variable Damselflies as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Females are distinctive also,with an overall darker appearance than males,but still with a blue base colour to the abdomen and with a solid black,almost oblong marking on S2 and trilobite shaped pronotum like in Variable Damselfly,but with a blue spot either side of it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a real privilege to be able to see these cracking little Damselflies and they become my 41st species to be seen in the UK.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are some images taken during the visit.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkOca2a8HCo1ydWKHhDMXKWfZ5_yBFYQrrWLgy15F3MDvRroIXoS54McBJY_qNH-19tSwOeFK3uFzGarl9Jx4jEaCh1Erw--H23W2fjv3IuIsFc0EbEW021lMt8Z4Ksk3FtRdTBvHR-2hDwsZbWkelnu0QUj9q8h1BujBzj-C-Kuq7ppQjh8bGfYQ/s2712/Female%20Dainty%20Damselfly,Sandwich%20Bay,Kent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2131" data-original-width="2712" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkOca2a8HCo1ydWKHhDMXKWfZ5_yBFYQrrWLgy15F3MDvRroIXoS54McBJY_qNH-19tSwOeFK3uFzGarl9Jx4jEaCh1Erw--H23W2fjv3IuIsFc0EbEW021lMt8Z4Ksk3FtRdTBvHR-2hDwsZbWkelnu0QUj9q8h1BujBzj-C-Kuq7ppQjh8bGfYQ/w640-h502/Female%20Dainty%20Damselfly,Sandwich%20Bay,Kent.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Dainty Damselfly,Note The Overall Dark Appearance & Markings on S2 And The Trilobite Shaped Pronotum.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial;">28th May</span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Large-red Damselfly - 5</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Common-blue Damselfly - 10</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Azure Damselfly - 5</span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Broad-bodied Chaser - 9(Including 7 males and 2 ovi-positing females)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Downy Emerald - 6 males,patrolling their territories.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">1st June</span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Anisoptera</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Keeled Skimmer - 1 Teneral male</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Broad-bodied Chaser - 1 male<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2178" data-original-width="2644" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tZGkQF_3Me3UCNRBrk52o8kB6_Bgw1x394RKSmc4U5NO-TVJvgiOHyJ7_sNmGlsBp7jQZhsff4f1dzbPEjEgLa51wrLqPA7Fk8O3ZZrvG5gbiRGqyCBcbA9VZpP4DkAXSTInp2rdATsYySAjUBq2eN63YeoMRB-MW8EuIM81fphuskdjF9ixLOYV/w640-h528/Downy%20Emerald,Hatchet%20Pond,Hampshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Downy Emerald Record Shot.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-3419729593573481082022-05-24T07:59:00.003-07:002022-05-24T07:59:41.537-07:00Local Patch Damselflies.....Sunday 22nd May 2022.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A visit to my local birding patch at East Halton today,saw some decent numbers of insects being seen,both at Winter's Pond and on East Halton Marshes which was great to see,involving four species.</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In past years i havn't recorded Large-red Damselfly until this year,with the last 2 visits producing records,so it seems this species is colonising.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are the numbers and species recorded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Large-red Damselfly - 4(3,East Halton Marshes & 1,East Halton Skitter)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Azure Damselfly - 43(32,Winter's Pond & 11,East Halton Marshes)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Blue-tailed Damselfly - 14(12,Winter's Pond & 2,East Halton Marshes)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Common-blue Damselfly - 322(176,Winter's Pond & 146,East Halton Marshes)</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XaeCy9MBlWOKzUye3WYwH6C2C8RKKtPK-TLwifUB_foVgcNMr_keMXPP-Gqbt84Ymi_1clYjM2ZvwTa_iaDHP8BFie6euYHBkdbic6GQuC8-g32uC2WLp8wjksKeA_mVgJOarzxW9DEu9O6kagC-9kaRxmbG4n17s_lQg18GZHLdbGvjeipRci2k/s3314/Female%20Red-eyed%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2302" data-original-width="3314" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XaeCy9MBlWOKzUye3WYwH6C2C8RKKtPK-TLwifUB_foVgcNMr_keMXPP-Gqbt84Ymi_1clYjM2ZvwTa_iaDHP8BFie6euYHBkdbic6GQuC8-g32uC2WLp8wjksKeA_mVgJOarzxW9DEu9O6kagC-9kaRxmbG4n17s_lQg18GZHLdbGvjeipRci2k/w640-h431/Female%20Red-eyed%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immature Female Red-eyed Damselfly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3koAp9kJ6QJYa7wCcD1DUWds3hRfxz67JOp5PN64YD_PkNwiUWw_1X1uZhpmhOXvHFS7aiAFGauNiQx1U-Reb4XhlR-kC-Y5McN2tm2y1UObN5jJpJ-l4Vx5IfJFIcob4Luf2ztgU8yjdOGlSYyyot7wBC8Jmt3MjDOdf3MAF9jY5bl9pvlIwHmc/s2382/Immature%20male%20Hairy%20Dragonfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2382" data-original-width="1847" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3koAp9kJ6QJYa7wCcD1DUWds3hRfxz67JOp5PN64YD_PkNwiUWw_1X1uZhpmhOXvHFS7aiAFGauNiQx1U-Reb4XhlR-kC-Y5McN2tm2y1UObN5jJpJ-l4Vx5IfJFIcob4Luf2ztgU8yjdOGlSYyyot7wBC8Jmt3MjDOdf3MAF9jY5bl9pvlIwHmc/w496-h640/Immature%20male%20Hairy%20Dragonfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR-3.jpg" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immature Male Hairy Dragonfly,Certainly Living Up To It's Name.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVmRDSFJe9mM1O5iFrLLYDuojUJHAGdvPkI8MP3-4NdhWGmbgfdOchlyCLRyiSYXNAdJRcg5BNg5JuAIa4kBPOJTXKrINE2p5SNlK8BjgrbsMMORcdhW2wQdFHJZtT87UiYWZXkstiD176Ou1bP3rC-4G5Bav9-OAR0pWFt75wRYnO6jrCbYm2tQN/s3091/Female%20'Blue%20Form'%20Azure%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2665" data-original-width="3091" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVmRDSFJe9mM1O5iFrLLYDuojUJHAGdvPkI8MP3-4NdhWGmbgfdOchlyCLRyiSYXNAdJRcg5BNg5JuAIa4kBPOJTXKrINE2p5SNlK8BjgrbsMMORcdhW2wQdFHJZtT87UiYWZXkstiD176Ou1bP3rC-4G5Bav9-OAR0pWFt75wRYnO6jrCbYm2tQN/w640-h552/Female%20'Blue%20Form'%20Azure%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Blue' Form Female Azure Damselfly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-s1khRncpJUGUeTjvodIPv5BlAYrZC6FIVDrebH8BDGwKFxtQI976U8g6Xsl511YwmCj50pFJexsbHzPwF3qWkMavvxRWNY9vOi6ljsBjMDiOOO4UuKKtScDq-fgax0HLjBqyeaDF93alx3LkHz5Xdb3X67jvyuMBi8q-1ywmGqQ5f4QjmLoJOWB/s2382/Female%20Common-blue%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2382" data-original-width="2026" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-s1khRncpJUGUeTjvodIPv5BlAYrZC6FIVDrebH8BDGwKFxtQI976U8g6Xsl511YwmCj50pFJexsbHzPwF3qWkMavvxRWNY9vOi6ljsBjMDiOOO4UuKKtScDq-fgax0HLjBqyeaDF93alx3LkHz5Xdb3X67jvyuMBi8q-1ywmGqQ5f4QjmLoJOWB/w544-h640/Female%20Common-blue%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immature Female Common-blue Damselfly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYPAK7lqElU3ZNs7ZxuwIflNGBG_ycyYhETFLwXfNyG02eMm35JyEcTIGyvjuVJ3ZJZoS7r-3IvOQWf8n5oUoeLe-fVKPXJvyWCI7tV3aZeZ2PUIEDQrXECWoGjrAgzsO9OhWP-9Cmp1shs-wNP3caE7dtzUUHsAywuSNHPEfA2zQz4FuqvBJHpNF/s2338/Immature%20male%20Azure%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="2293" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYPAK7lqElU3ZNs7ZxuwIflNGBG_ycyYhETFLwXfNyG02eMm35JyEcTIGyvjuVJ3ZJZoS7r-3IvOQWf8n5oUoeLe-fVKPXJvyWCI7tV3aZeZ2PUIEDQrXECWoGjrAgzsO9OhWP-9Cmp1shs-wNP3caE7dtzUUHsAywuSNHPEfA2zQz4FuqvBJHpNF/w628-h640/Immature%20male%20Azure%20Damselfly,Messingham%20Sand%20Quarries%20LWTR.jpg" width="628" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immature Male Azure Damselfly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-79352563680113244732021-08-23T10:28:00.007-07:002021-08-27T22:46:30.514-07:00Kirkby Odonata,Thursday 19th August 2021.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After our lovely Wolds walk and some well earned lunch at nearby Woodhall Spa,Tracey and myself had a look around Kirkby Pits and the nearby section of the River Bain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The weather was perfect and the main target we had come to see,was the Willow-emerald Damselflies which have now established a breeding colony here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After a good search,we managed to find at least 6 individuals,which included both males and females.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This species,is slowly but surely working its way north from it's core breeding area in coastal Suffolk where it was first discovered as recent as 2007.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have now seen the species at a handful of sites in Lincolnshire and it was great to once again see this cracking species.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other niceties seen on the visit included several Brown Hawker,Migrant Hawkers,Ruddy and Common Darters and a couple of lovely Male Banded Demoiselle along the River Bain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What a really great site this is.<br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDrjE_eRlg1hAloAIUWo7xx5Vod_wuYnF10qw8gevXoN5gOaAqQUfvqYtqk8L2EomWV5jSpG5dr234hf-k-YxyNlwI6SZxLlr6oB0oLCrnFTxqunheVC4WigAS83s6GEWsjwDZX04PR8/s2048/The+River+Bain%252CKirkby-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDrjE_eRlg1hAloAIUWo7xx5Vod_wuYnF10qw8gevXoN5gOaAqQUfvqYtqk8L2EomWV5jSpG5dr234hf-k-YxyNlwI6SZxLlr6oB0oLCrnFTxqunheVC4WigAS83s6GEWsjwDZX04PR8/w640-h360/The+River+Bain%252CKirkby-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prime Willow-emerald Habitat Along The River Bain.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mVAFzZtxRnrIMw_5er1tiEIZcBd_TW0s-Es29JLItinaOq2ZCGsIT_1mrJFFiemBiL6b5F__Dt5fGQOHmlAzMU1qnHvSIo0Z3a2H16madUnnHsRMO2ZZ8-RCKnQXMoZE3DjMNaKRC_k/s2048/Female+Willow-emerald+Damselfly%252CKirkby-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1651" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mVAFzZtxRnrIMw_5er1tiEIZcBd_TW0s-Es29JLItinaOq2ZCGsIT_1mrJFFiemBiL6b5F__Dt5fGQOHmlAzMU1qnHvSIo0Z3a2H16madUnnHsRMO2ZZ8-RCKnQXMoZE3DjMNaKRC_k/w516-h640/Female+Willow-emerald+Damselfly%252CKirkby-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire-2.jpg" width="516" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Willow-emerald Damselfly,Note The Pale Pterostigmas & Diagnostic Thoracic Markings.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFjU6tz8mEIKFSjrkSjEx95IXL0PhxhbK6LM5gGfmIwD0ZcSokVaNNnc-Bqn81soLta-AyoUGFZCRCrxw0R4aD_wlji47Y5s_qfRDzrtsfasp1Ct1fZbndU6To7mVa5XVTn-_XwZ49Kk/s2048/Female+Willow-emerald+Damselfly%252CKirkby-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="2048" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFjU6tz8mEIKFSjrkSjEx95IXL0PhxhbK6LM5gGfmIwD0ZcSokVaNNnc-Bqn81soLta-AyoUGFZCRCrxw0R4aD_wlji47Y5s_qfRDzrtsfasp1Ct1fZbndU6To7mVa5XVTn-_XwZ49Kk/w640-h560/Female+Willow-emerald+Damselfly%252CKirkby-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Willow-emerald Damselfly,More Arboreal Than Other Species,Being Seen Perched In Trees More Often.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2RPqjYmquyFt_XPjdRCf6HWwECXoH3CPYHfmINzgHuQEcNEluaQ4hqLmpWFMYRkcOuMnSxV27nJISFKPPjqLyfCJhfFLRiH86BcyPP3ggLQkAyspG5jQ6FxUuwjeMjnt6GHXu07P0aQ/s2048/The+River+Bain%252CKirkby-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2RPqjYmquyFt_XPjdRCf6HWwECXoH3CPYHfmINzgHuQEcNEluaQ4hqLmpWFMYRkcOuMnSxV27nJISFKPPjqLyfCJhfFLRiH86BcyPP3ggLQkAyspG5jQ6FxUuwjeMjnt6GHXu07P0aQ/w640-h360/The+River+Bain%252CKirkby-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The River Bain.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7D4avbFbzqQqMaIA6MAU97FpqVL9qIDjytWJ1Vu-CQM82NP4m9qx0gT2m3H0fIMc0osKCPnLAjkY2RdUhk02b04MQUuYgIGViVOttkvm8f-oaQl-J_KUhDJzg_rSu69y4cbzTX4yxew/s2048/Immature+male+Migrant+Hawker%252CDonington-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1425" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7D4avbFbzqQqMaIA6MAU97FpqVL9qIDjytWJ1Vu-CQM82NP4m9qx0gT2m3H0fIMc0osKCPnLAjkY2RdUhk02b04MQUuYgIGViVOttkvm8f-oaQl-J_KUhDJzg_rSu69y4cbzTX4yxew/w446-h640/Immature+male+Migrant+Hawker%252CDonington-On-Bain%252CLincolnshire.jpg" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Lovely Immature Male Migrant Hawker.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-64928676838358991592021-08-16T07:29:00.003-07:002021-08-16T07:29:30.725-07:00Local Patch Odonata,Friday 13th & Sunday 15th August 2021.<span style="font-family: verdana;">A couple of visit to the local birding patch over the weekend resulted in some good numbers of Odonata being recorded,with particularly good numbers of Migrant Hawkers being encountered.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Another species which seems to be becoming more of a feature,is Southern Hawker with at least 3 individuals seen,a species i didn't use to record at all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The following are the species and numbers recorded.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday 13th</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Southern Hawker - 3</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Migrant Hawker - 30</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ruddy Darter - 1</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common Darter - 5</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sunday 15th</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Southern Hawker - 1 female</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Migrant Hawker - 37</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common Darter - 5</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qS-s9t82z4Xe7ti4wbE21bnYUJa7wfrOb1ZDHA6iAhBgqds2TzLOajIA-qEQyC233iDBYXcbxBnwRt-720WanOSfnmE52LoSgyGmzLzQtMy7DlJatqRXQtzciTgreAvi3MOh8H3zFwc/s2048/Female+Southern+hawker%252CWinter%2527s+Pond%252CEast+Halton%252CLincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1131" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qS-s9t82z4Xe7ti4wbE21bnYUJa7wfrOb1ZDHA6iAhBgqds2TzLOajIA-qEQyC233iDBYXcbxBnwRt-720WanOSfnmE52LoSgyGmzLzQtMy7DlJatqRXQtzciTgreAvi3MOh8H3zFwc/w354-h640/Female+Southern+hawker%252CWinter%2527s+Pond%252CEast+Halton%252CLincolnshire.jpg" width="354" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Female Southern Hawker,Winter's Pond,East Halton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjOcRZt8a_PxjRSzsvB3YdUv0RnYoZrlCfVkVbcbaAo60A8nXhxxfaoA0_w_6-IWDz6t-QK6cDARwKGkDalQdJCtY5KRfstGduNo2eF4vu12xTR6z_It3raAVJQBZIuL34RER1r_R5Bg/s2048/Immature+male+Migrant+Hawker%252CWinter%2527s+Pond%252CEast+Halton%252CLincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjOcRZt8a_PxjRSzsvB3YdUv0RnYoZrlCfVkVbcbaAo60A8nXhxxfaoA0_w_6-IWDz6t-QK6cDARwKGkDalQdJCtY5KRfstGduNo2eF4vu12xTR6z_It3raAVJQBZIuL34RER1r_R5Bg/w562-h640/Immature+male+Migrant+Hawker%252CWinter%2527s+Pond%252CEast+Halton%252CLincolnshire.jpg" width="562" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Immature Male Migrant Hawker,Winter's Pond,East Halton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRHfwPDmROMypA7uxAzuM3WQGw5c-W0HpZ6m51Q0YRsHr-51K9VHps6jwrDixbds42s2w2xTgSm_44iPc9WX24MLyzNHrMNDZL2kSXgOQsAMR7yLXqgIai9ySlsaHJ0vCITBd0E-9pDg/s2048/Male+Sothern+Hawker%252CGoxhill+Marsh%252CLincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2048" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRHfwPDmROMypA7uxAzuM3WQGw5c-W0HpZ6m51Q0YRsHr-51K9VHps6jwrDixbds42s2w2xTgSm_44iPc9WX24MLyzNHrMNDZL2kSXgOQsAMR7yLXqgIai9ySlsaHJ0vCITBd0E-9pDg/w640-h532/Male+Sothern+Hawker%252CGoxhill+Marsh%252CLincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Male Southern Hawker,Goxhill Marsh.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmpZlsvKWwGMQxP7j7jnUIckjKMAByqerKSEnYt6Vo2NQxZawasp26RN7uwhC56D8clLj4bBOZSc03FVCEQLVbNJmP_MM-DwgBsFK8o8Gj_OExCqIdnDKJYO5BQ6wXb6zKpOPwsH32_4/s2048/Immature+male+Southern+Hawker%252CChapel+Farm%252CGoxhill%252CLincolnshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="2048" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmpZlsvKWwGMQxP7j7jnUIckjKMAByqerKSEnYt6Vo2NQxZawasp26RN7uwhC56D8clLj4bBOZSc03FVCEQLVbNJmP_MM-DwgBsFK8o8Gj_OExCqIdnDKJYO5BQ6wXb6zKpOPwsH32_4/w640-h436/Immature+male+Southern+Hawker%252CChapel+Farm%252CGoxhill%252CLincolnshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Immature Male Southern Hawker,Chapel Farm,Goxhill.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1qmegkJ3sY9yI-ZSTdyXinp2730f5oALohtA9jWkHGh0wupEWCaeEtRoXBLgnJ4nqsWjcVKZH-1oBLMAyc5ZJld3ppAtIL4a0fJvZR_ZVpqFY8_03bpkQ93rWpl0Nelu3KEvvsI8SyA/s2048/Immature+male+Southern+Hawker%252CChapel+Farm%252CGoxhill%252CLincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1qmegkJ3sY9yI-ZSTdyXinp2730f5oALohtA9jWkHGh0wupEWCaeEtRoXBLgnJ4nqsWjcVKZH-1oBLMAyc5ZJld3ppAtIL4a0fJvZR_ZVpqFY8_03bpkQ93rWpl0Nelu3KEvvsI8SyA/w640-h434/Immature+male+Southern+Hawker%252CChapel+Farm%252CGoxhill%252CLincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Immature Male Southern Hawker,Chapel Farm,Goxhill.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-4148564031113610662021-07-01T21:11:00.003-07:002021-07-01T21:11:30.030-07:00DST Leconfield,Saturday 26th June 2021.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A very kind offer from birding mate Tim to help survey the leconfield Army Transport Training Area in East Yorkshire today,saw us having a fairly productive visit despite the overcast conditions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The highlight was an immature male Small Red-eyed Damselfly,our </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">first of the year,but more significant,a first record for the site of the species.It was found resting along a sheltered hedgerow,a habit a lot of species do well away from their breeding sites while the insects mature.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The site really has got some great potential and future visits should reveal a good species list.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following are the species we recorded on our visit today:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zygoptera</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blue-tailed Damselfly - 15</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Azure Damselfly - 5</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common-blue Damselfly - 25</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red-eyed Damselfly - 3 males</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Small red-eyed Damselfly - 1 immature male</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anisoptera</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Four-spot Chaser - 2,including 1 of the form 'Praenubila'.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black-tailed Skimmer - 5</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common Darter - 10,My First Records Of The Year</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixS15qtqOFUogjC_itQ32L2VRAvGD66UfzptBSEOUPSs_KX_shAHtaacugW3iDn02ihhQiEZ4O3ftn-AtP7smEPjQbN6tMia65dIMqY1weyzIcLQiAJGKbE_Xz-BQoIvm462YzhNrxe1s/s2048/Immature+male+Small+red-eyed+Damselfly%252CDST+Leconfield%252CEast+Yorkshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixS15qtqOFUogjC_itQ32L2VRAvGD66UfzptBSEOUPSs_KX_shAHtaacugW3iDn02ihhQiEZ4O3ftn-AtP7smEPjQbN6tMia65dIMqY1weyzIcLQiAJGKbE_Xz-BQoIvm462YzhNrxe1s/w640-h360/Immature+male+Small+red-eyed+Damselfly%252CDST+Leconfield%252CEast+Yorkshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Immature male Small red-eyed Damselfly,The First Record For The Site.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDmM5pg_B6oE96ahQT2dFY7srMbUkDPMG7njyfUX1blDtPmVLzN5F7SBd492CB-GCD1BCQJVs2Vco2E8DMwz6cu_7nJVg2rqV7PXErR11DzaGtgGjzO8od5hARa4d1MwEQGqhbCLDZpw/s2048/Immature+male+Small+red-eyed+Damselfly%252CDST+Leconfield%252CEast+Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="2048" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDmM5pg_B6oE96ahQT2dFY7srMbUkDPMG7njyfUX1blDtPmVLzN5F7SBd492CB-GCD1BCQJVs2Vco2E8DMwz6cu_7nJVg2rqV7PXErR11DzaGtgGjzO8od5hARa4d1MwEQGqhbCLDZpw/w640-h490/Immature+male+Small+red-eyed+Damselfly%252CDST+Leconfield%252CEast+Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Immature male Small red-eyed Damselfly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHpyGUPCeyrW_85BBgHo4kD-hjjb3Ie5UcG-EAMQH8aP9KTSlnZqZBhxGa4L0zbEAuCrT0CKOI6y4AVDmqll-KlDReNNw2hMSVDcyJG34U1JO7FAbPO56tSXHfNK_AbXsda056PT3bM8/s1721/Common+Darter%252CDST+Leconfield%252CEast+Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1721" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHpyGUPCeyrW_85BBgHo4kD-hjjb3Ie5UcG-EAMQH8aP9KTSlnZqZBhxGa4L0zbEAuCrT0CKOI6y4AVDmqll-KlDReNNw2hMSVDcyJG34U1JO7FAbPO56tSXHfNK_AbXsda056PT3bM8/w640-h556/Common+Darter%252CDST+Leconfield%252CEast+Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Immature male Common Darter,Note The Distinct Stripes On The Legs,Separating This Species From The Similar Looking Ruddy Darter,Which Has All Black Legs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSvyQX7cWXdyjYns8l92ry-kmQ5EyKIlVXaw7IsaTdG1cZC5MQCBDKejVq1ka7Y2GxscFxWk9Ek6ViNBbchr2nTl0_KMlIug48HtI9phiSbMgfx-umW9h30smVRC75m3FJ0rgQ_w2l6I/s2048/Common+Darter%252CDST+Leconfield%252CEast+Yorkshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1659" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSvyQX7cWXdyjYns8l92ry-kmQ5EyKIlVXaw7IsaTdG1cZC5MQCBDKejVq1ka7Y2GxscFxWk9Ek6ViNBbchr2nTl0_KMlIug48HtI9phiSbMgfx-umW9h30smVRC75m3FJ0rgQ_w2l6I/w518-h640/Common+Darter%252CDST+Leconfield%252CEast+Yorkshire-2.jpg" width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Immature male Common Darter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-27168522791416679262021-06-24T09:35:00.010-07:002021-06-24T09:35:40.089-07:00Messingham Sand Quarries Bits......Monday 21st June 2021.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few hours to spare in not ideal conditions today,saw me attempting to record some video of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Damselflies,but</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> because of the wind and overcast conditions,it wasn't easy at all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did however manage to find a very confiding female Banded Demoiselle in the second meadow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This beautifully metallic beast showed very nicely and i managed some decent photos and a few video clips.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It isn't a common visitor to the reserve, with only sporadic sightings over the years I've been visiting, so was a nice surprise.</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other species observed today included 3 Black-tailed Skimmer,but it was really not ideal to do any recording unfortunately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following are some pics and video clips from the visit.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqsQtmeq3xt8tU4_iw8HeUtXNvLdc7r-xAp_dhTkCySnS3G1PR5aJCieCuP-8oTZA65btnaGmL_zoKPdkIji-1UlT6amNB85aR-96vYECP6H3Gc6QiBo5SMrNd9mIwm9-1-0Nmx2VwXQ/s2048/Female+Banded+Demoiselle%252CMessingham+Sand+Quarries+LWTR-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqsQtmeq3xt8tU4_iw8HeUtXNvLdc7r-xAp_dhTkCySnS3G1PR5aJCieCuP-8oTZA65btnaGmL_zoKPdkIji-1UlT6amNB85aR-96vYECP6H3Gc6QiBo5SMrNd9mIwm9-1-0Nmx2VwXQ/w640-h460/Female+Banded+Demoiselle%252CMessingham+Sand+Quarries+LWTR-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Banded Demoiselle.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HwTacJPH43dZGrPVoLjf4uoPRWCVjAnon-Ye6sTkF1_s9D5wAsOIfXb0LifTbTU90pvpBquaKRnvYvISyB6v0SXPXYCWmwTkIbmIDFEued5i5Lq6U0plhjvE5PYDcDWPKsYF2JYgUVU/s2048/Female+Banded+Demoiselle%252CMessingham+Sand+Quarries+LWTR-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HwTacJPH43dZGrPVoLjf4uoPRWCVjAnon-Ye6sTkF1_s9D5wAsOIfXb0LifTbTU90pvpBquaKRnvYvISyB6v0SXPXYCWmwTkIbmIDFEued5i5Lq6U0plhjvE5PYDcDWPKsYF2JYgUVU/w640-h426/Female+Banded+Demoiselle%252CMessingham+Sand+Quarries+LWTR-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu3YCiTbq8YJCUgHAx5hEZzMH7oXTPVDJBKdhg0A3YjQt5VrhW9Mdd4U63QEA-YU7NX1_NF9OQufrOzLVDsgadm4p7HNyc2UJJ3wciBeinM0RE8ODjvPZUo7C2ry5X6UGixHPrTHwFwE/s2048/Female+Banded+Demoiselle%252CMessingham+Sand+Quarries+LWTR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2048" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu3YCiTbq8YJCUgHAx5hEZzMH7oXTPVDJBKdhg0A3YjQt5VrhW9Mdd4U63QEA-YU7NX1_NF9OQufrOzLVDsgadm4p7HNyc2UJJ3wciBeinM0RE8ODjvPZUo7C2ry5X6UGixHPrTHwFwE/w640-h392/Female+Banded+Demoiselle%252CMessingham+Sand+Quarries+LWTR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JJHk0Nx5RiQ" width="639" youtube-src-id="JJHk0Nx5RiQ"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="373" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MUFXyNS8U-g" width="651" youtube-src-id="MUFXyNS8U-g"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-51872076019271392262021-06-18T09:24:00.000-07:002021-06-18T09:24:00.954-07:00Strumpshaw Fen RSPB & How Hill,Norfolk.....Monday 14th June 2021.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">With the prospect of a good forecast today,Tracey and myself made an early start and headed for Norfolk.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today the target was to get some video of Norfolk Hawker and Scarce Chasers with my phonescoping set up and to be fair we did pretty well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Numbers of Norfolk Hawker were just unbelievable today,with at least 150 minimum seen around Strumpshaw and with as many as another 100 at How Hill,making for a very impressive spectacle.This species seems to be going from strength to strength which is really great to see and can be now found in other counties such as Dorset,Hertfordshire,Cambridgeshire and Kent,how long before they become established in Lincolnshire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The other target Scarce Chaser also performed admirably,with several individuals showing really well and i achieved some really nice video clips.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In all we managed to see 14 species at Strumpshaw,which included a female Broad-bodied Chaser,tens of Variable Damselflies and 5 male Banded Demoiselle down on the river adding to the fantastic diversity of Odonata on the reserve.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately our visit to How Hill wasn't as productive for videoing,as it became cloudy,but we still managed stacks of Norfolk Hawker.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following are my favourite video clips and photos,all taken with my phonescoping set up of Samsung S10 and Swarovski ATX85 telescope.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92IqMm9sI9Zstc47PQy5v4QYgSaWDTegvQNwvp3yhZPoDqwTa7q401x89D3gEIgktP3YlLrVDagTvnaLZbJdFlAJzo68nJeJgxMw5x8VNOaH9CH_uXMb0zQ7KWYRdfcFAc58lyUKZIS0/s2541/%2527Old%2527+Female+Scarce+Chaser%252CStrumpshaw+Fen+RSPB%252CNorfolk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="2541" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92IqMm9sI9Zstc47PQy5v4QYgSaWDTegvQNwvp3yhZPoDqwTa7q401x89D3gEIgktP3YlLrVDagTvnaLZbJdFlAJzo68nJeJgxMw5x8VNOaH9CH_uXMb0zQ7KWYRdfcFAc58lyUKZIS0/w640-h312/%2527Old%2527+Female+Scarce+Chaser%252CStrumpshaw+Fen+RSPB%252CNorfolk.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Female Scarce Chaser,Strumpshaw Fen RSPB.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZedyzmO3ZxOkss8YXaKIulGRAO3rbZPuDq7GIR6Q4I1Yt_W7LqOPP5NjjUejGOw88c2fw768GqDrfgB_0Zr9d7K32aRwwP1gARGWYlwJF9090fdyKzC5Mtv1GH96t-4ayydg0C0n8y4/s2048/Norfolk+Hawker%252CStrumpshaw+Fen+RSPB%252CNorfolk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZedyzmO3ZxOkss8YXaKIulGRAO3rbZPuDq7GIR6Q4I1Yt_W7LqOPP5NjjUejGOw88c2fw768GqDrfgB_0Zr9d7K32aRwwP1gARGWYlwJF9090fdyKzC5Mtv1GH96t-4ayydg0C0n8y4/w640-h360/Norfolk+Hawker%252CStrumpshaw+Fen+RSPB%252CNorfolk.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Norfolk hawker,Strumpshaw Fen RSPB.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIyvyPllCRocLdownCg3qqN_yTTOFAkKGvBc0fxzHcuzXrl_R1b72bBqxJO6ccTveLc8W5s-JSjNvDo-x4CdH9GmKgG6twKuC6AvolLdRFVeT9_KDPAtq5VCPuPevp3dk6JHHB_apY48/s2852/Poppies%252CStrumpshaw+Fen+RSPB%252CNorfolk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="2852" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIyvyPllCRocLdownCg3qqN_yTTOFAkKGvBc0fxzHcuzXrl_R1b72bBqxJO6ccTveLc8W5s-JSjNvDo-x4CdH9GmKgG6twKuC6AvolLdRFVeT9_KDPAtq5VCPuPevp3dk6JHHB_apY48/w640-h248/Poppies%252CStrumpshaw+Fen+RSPB%252CNorfolk.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Stunning Field Of Poppies Near Strumpshaw.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIFepeZ36gWu3hyphenhyphenL6jbtD9IBnCopHjsb6BQPKNc2GOiO2E9CqIsGcEjlV7dZ1hL3cYeIQ-qSzZgr0jN3Rd39lis4epib4nNTjF-M2_AgWrjfPSBnl_Bk_Z7N-GDCKT2diyMWTQXu5B2s/s2048/How+Hill%252CNorfolk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="2048" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIFepeZ36gWu3hyphenhyphenL6jbtD9IBnCopHjsb6BQPKNc2GOiO2E9CqIsGcEjlV7dZ1hL3cYeIQ-qSzZgr0jN3Rd39lis4epib4nNTjF-M2_AgWrjfPSBnl_Bk_Z7N-GDCKT2diyMWTQXu5B2s/w640-h348/How+Hill%252CNorfolk.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lovely House At How Hill.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvObgyzKkpjqnXJQtdbChium3wSxffoyX7FapVBOsiGrvyGlcF1Qj8H-_iBB-2nd7RvxqkUUzsHIA1NBuLBBxvtEKpKDm1uC1-LbiiB075MEMCCI6-ZmSwLskx6WgBo4QcxndkPIOEio/s2048/Wind+Pump%252CThe+River+Ant%252CHow+Hill%252CNorfolk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="2048" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvObgyzKkpjqnXJQtdbChium3wSxffoyX7FapVBOsiGrvyGlcF1Qj8H-_iBB-2nd7RvxqkUUzsHIA1NBuLBBxvtEKpKDm1uC1-LbiiB075MEMCCI6-ZmSwLskx6WgBo4QcxndkPIOEio/w640-h330/Wind+Pump%252CThe+River+Ant%252CHow+Hill%252CNorfolk.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Old Wind Pump,Along The River Ant.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="277" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fhw_8P3gkLs" width="620" youtube-src-id="Fhw_8P3gkLs"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="325" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SZ5h7Wc0DKk" width="622" youtube-src-id="SZ5h7Wc0DKk"></iframe></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-82333556293078603932021-06-03T10:31:00.006-07:002021-06-03T10:31:58.956-07:00Club-tailed Dragonflies - Uckinghall - The River Severn - Worcestershire - 30th May 2021.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After not seeing this stunning species for some time,Tracey and myself decided to go and see if we could find this beautiful Dragonfly for our selves.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had been kindly supplied with some very helpfull information from local Dragonfly enthusiast Andy Warr.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we travelled down through the midlands the weather wasn't great to be fair and we thought we made an error in judgement,but as we neared our destination,the sun came out and it was pretty perfect apart from an annoying breeze.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After getting the required gear together,we followed Andy's instructions and within 5 minutes of walking along the banks of the river, i had found the first Club-tail of the visit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This first individual gave superb views and some chances to photograph this stunning dragonfly species and also Tracey's first views and a new species for her</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> also.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This Dragonfly has particular requirements to breed,needing slow or medium flowing rivers,with plenty of silt for the larvae to burrow into and have sufficient bankside vegetation for the adults to shelter in.It is a pretty local species in the UK,but in the suitable areas,particularly along the severn,they can occurr in large densities.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After more searching,we went on to find another 4 Club-tails as well as both Banded & Beautiful Demoiselles and also Red-eyed Damselfly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following are the numbers observed:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common Club-tailed Dragonfly - 5(4 immature males and 1 immature female).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beautiful Demoiselle - 1 male.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Banded Demoiselle - 20,including both males and females.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red-eyed Damselfly - 5,all immatures.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbQmfYjwo6If1-fygRfvJdQKmleNwMtieb9HOZ_dRZOk5yMYOy7gBgdRZdLF5BoFNkKdH1U8affUVdPXg5EHND-Q_6dNKUDfKBpAe7dow3Q928qspxKunsao8LZjaSWlbdOrSbEJSxj0/s2048/Male+Beautiful+Demoiselle%252CUckhinghall-Ripple+Pits%252CWorcestershire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbQmfYjwo6If1-fygRfvJdQKmleNwMtieb9HOZ_dRZOk5yMYOy7gBgdRZdLF5BoFNkKdH1U8affUVdPXg5EHND-Q_6dNKUDfKBpAe7dow3Q928qspxKunsao8LZjaSWlbdOrSbEJSxj0/w640-h430/Male+Beautiful+Demoiselle%252CUckhinghall-Ripple+Pits%252CWorcestershire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Beautiful Demoiselle.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwZDf7CqFKIqJ9mC4twnrxoloFDH2XoxX4HGFfWZL_Zk0LuapAK8BtEXS9JArQLATLERGaJNOhIKAv3UQ8Vc78s303kqkAcx1iyBEP2e1UArd_j33VxMaf-gQAkzKVa_zQjmMv2Lfgz4/s2048/Male+Banded+Demoiselle%252CUckhinghall-Ripple+Pits%252CWorcestershire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="2048" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwZDf7CqFKIqJ9mC4twnrxoloFDH2XoxX4HGFfWZL_Zk0LuapAK8BtEXS9JArQLATLERGaJNOhIKAv3UQ8Vc78s303kqkAcx1iyBEP2e1UArd_j33VxMaf-gQAkzKVa_zQjmMv2Lfgz4/w640-h378/Male+Banded+Demoiselle%252CUckhinghall-Ripple+Pits%252CWorcestershire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Banded Demoiselle.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg982I_hkdfLapuV6vovvMPa0R0Hy385Nr07UEv4PLy-xdMKWocCoXXRHJch7YT2i43umNxJRW792fdXK75OpDqvB7myjYbGboj0SI7k8WTEAu4yeD0m5GPtGKLYiECyG031oHXLP9Xw50/s2048/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="2048" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg982I_hkdfLapuV6vovvMPa0R0Hy385Nr07UEv4PLy-xdMKWocCoXXRHJch7YT2i43umNxJRW792fdXK75OpDqvB7myjYbGboj0SI7k8WTEAu4yeD0m5GPtGKLYiECyG031oHXLP9Xw50/w640-h388/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newly Emerged Male Club-tailed Dragonfly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcyQoHaS5ag84yxpHRuZ6yeRS3st2idyTp4DOwDXV6ltZUS-mjo72HK9ZZ1XqN12Lno6FMA37AdR291zNCK9RNa75-kIUabCgHJHWNUEZljM4alqfOUQtlwbgfRCS6xVGdw6Rhyphenhyphen_jQ0c/s2511/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2511" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcyQoHaS5ag84yxpHRuZ6yeRS3st2idyTp4DOwDXV6ltZUS-mjo72HK9ZZ1XqN12Lno6FMA37AdR291zNCK9RNa75-kIUabCgHJHWNUEZljM4alqfOUQtlwbgfRCS6xVGdw6Rhyphenhyphen_jQ0c/w640-h320/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzlV7rQ3YDA9_A3VmV0hyphenhyphenz4RMf7KDWLWhtPwc3-RSJtlKsBx8LQnubd3BYHDMSc9HxnBbjgRKFlek8llFhlRaYXd9nzm3mBnrZcGk0pYnC2i09VAFhsw3zU53ug0QP1wacdoZB6NMe4k/s2048/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2048" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzlV7rQ3YDA9_A3VmV0hyphenhyphenz4RMf7KDWLWhtPwc3-RSJtlKsBx8LQnubd3BYHDMSc9HxnBbjgRKFlek8llFhlRaYXd9nzm3mBnrZcGk0pYnC2i09VAFhsw3zU53ug0QP1wacdoZB6NMe4k/w640-h448/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some Close Up Detail Of This Stunning Species.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJn16kYnvm2XvnYpB-zK_ePUUSsL3-J90F69pYVBL7Nh8EW7OxyQsjh2nAGG7Hkn9mAaXZMedJuXwSFXmSPsQvFFleX86eSSiVH57i9W0ciZGIEJKwQo3TaauRddF_dEbe6oGeoKQGbc8/s2572/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfles%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="2572" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJn16kYnvm2XvnYpB-zK_ePUUSsL3-J90F69pYVBL7Nh8EW7OxyQsjh2nAGG7Hkn9mAaXZMedJuXwSFXmSPsQvFFleX86eSSiVH57i9W0ciZGIEJKwQo3TaauRddF_dEbe6oGeoKQGbc8/w640-h304/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfles%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Immature Males Found Together.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWM96tGtYrxCXd18xX2GPo_KT1y4kg-y5t_0e4BompIj6Rw_JEzDdNs3VHsZIAJRKdIwsOlS9LjpH9ml_UixeF2evMcZojXwV_G7U4lvmA0EA4X3PFIpnz2PZSX-NP995oMtiipvL1ZQ/s2622/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="2622" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWM96tGtYrxCXd18xX2GPo_KT1y4kg-y5t_0e4BompIj6Rw_JEzDdNs3VHsZIAJRKdIwsOlS9LjpH9ml_UixeF2evMcZojXwV_G7U4lvmA0EA4X3PFIpnz2PZSX-NP995oMtiipvL1ZQ/w640-h292/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CRipple+Pits%252CUckinghall%252CWorcestershire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Photo Shows How Small This Species Is,Being About The Size Of A Hairy Dragonfly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJxMJIe9SV8TN4vpq3l7j0zcXl4GOfRzfiFEbSulkibeygQEW0JhKNvxUZqpYXRaMnjXX9vuFoke1cbZHi7Py4o7AWcmfd6wkql8kdh3kImN-HFWnoTh3zPowjRhSpugJNupKRUfjiFw/s2048/Immature+female+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CUckhinghall-Ripple+Pits%252CWorcestershire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJxMJIe9SV8TN4vpq3l7j0zcXl4GOfRzfiFEbSulkibeygQEW0JhKNvxUZqpYXRaMnjXX9vuFoke1cbZHi7Py4o7AWcmfd6wkql8kdh3kImN-HFWnoTh3zPowjRhSpugJNupKRUfjiFw/w640-h430/Immature+female+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CUckhinghall-Ripple+Pits%252CWorcestershire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immature Female.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus04aT1yhKovaSLDmtFuMVcoVkdYjEd7r06Tzggh_8hKQDLOpy7SbHybabOg324RdpOV_pRStypRjeCfcFCFPK0p9GoAVmb1D0pFV1C_MlSaYzEQ8W81CcTjThjV2PV0D_y1Q0vbqr0Y/s2048/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CUckhinghall-Ripple+Pits%252CWorcestershire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus04aT1yhKovaSLDmtFuMVcoVkdYjEd7r06Tzggh_8hKQDLOpy7SbHybabOg324RdpOV_pRStypRjeCfcFCFPK0p9GoAVmb1D0pFV1C_MlSaYzEQ8W81CcTjThjV2PV0D_y1Q0vbqr0Y/w640-h458/Immature+male+Club-tailed+Dragonfly%252CUckhinghall-Ripple+Pits%252CWorcestershire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What A Stonking Dragonfly!.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-33053297237753347002021-05-31T10:49:00.001-07:002021-05-31T10:49:25.593-07:00Crowle & Thorne Moors,Saturday 29th May 2021.<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">A good forecast today saw me heading to one of our most productive areas locally for Odonata,the lowland bog areas at Crowle & Thorne Moors which forms part of the very precious Humberhead Peatlands.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I managed to see my first Hairy Dragonflies during today's visit,which was great and also the following species were also noted:</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">Crowle Moor</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Four-spotted Chaser - 30</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hairy Dragonfly - 1</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Large-red Damselfly - 44</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Azure Damselfly - 19</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">Thorne Moors</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anispotera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Four-spotted Chaser - 6</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hairy Dragonfly - 1</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Large-red Damselfly - 40</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Azure Damselfly - 35<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBI1NmpEiSPx_Et4BTW_B6tVDsROBsSgnXoy_Lxk8Q1YA_dRP2CpvYcuFzPtAQtSJiXf7ucYdko2QhXC_pidlw49XVK6kl7Av_V1955Vgli-Pm6d88rtbT5e-EGOw0oEWyCSyDIGFzAAY/s2048/Large-red+Damselfly%252CThorne+Moors+NNR%252CYorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1721" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBI1NmpEiSPx_Et4BTW_B6tVDsROBsSgnXoy_Lxk8Q1YA_dRP2CpvYcuFzPtAQtSJiXf7ucYdko2QhXC_pidlw49XVK6kl7Av_V1955Vgli-Pm6d88rtbT5e-EGOw0oEWyCSyDIGFzAAY/w538-h640/Large-red+Damselfly%252CThorne+Moors+NNR%252CYorkshire.jpg" width="538" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Large-red Damselfly Of The Form 'Intermedia'.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-9642174717644385282021-05-31T10:36:00.002-07:002021-05-31T10:36:36.834-07:00Local Patch Odonata,28th May 2021.<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Due to the rubbish weather for my favourite group of insects,it has taken until this day to actually see some Dragons and Damsels in any numbers,it seems to have been cold and rainy for so long.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So while out birding on the local patch at Goxhill & East Halton,it was great to finally see some species.All the following were observed in Goxhill Marsh,unless otherwise stated.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anisoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Four-spotted Chaser - 4</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zygoptera:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Azure Damselfly - 21</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Common-blue Damselfly - 1(Goxhill Marsh) & 1(East Halton Marshes)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blue-tailed Damselfly - 3</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hopefully some prolonged,sunny weather,will allow further observations.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735135461091766309.post-73192201950126799942020-10-19T03:54:00.004-07:002020-10-19T03:54:39.975-07:00Local Patch Southern Hawker,10th October 2020.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This species is only a recent coloniser to my local patch,with me seeing them each year over the past 3 or 4 years,usually at the Skitter or near Dawson City.On today's visit,a very confiding male made for some superb viewing and a chance to take some close up photos,even perching on my finger for a while!.The following are all taken with my Samsung S10,the quality of photos being taken with phones is improving all the time and i was quite happy with the results.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFXTYhkMHa_SgnRFPXKiBW1t304Foh9gCrpQ1Z7gknIZw_sAAjbxcFcFImnE8n2CfL6xw1okZ9cNnTQegirL3Xm9E5e5QnKGoHn63A1k625WFWLIsX7rfMGqs6UGY-Oc3cC17-0fK_iE/s2048/Male+Southern+Hawker%252CEast+Halton+Skitter%252CLincolnshire-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1265" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFXTYhkMHa_SgnRFPXKiBW1t304Foh9gCrpQ1Z7gknIZw_sAAjbxcFcFImnE8n2CfL6xw1okZ9cNnTQegirL3Xm9E5e5QnKGoHn63A1k625WFWLIsX7rfMGqs6UGY-Oc3cC17-0fK_iE/w396-h640/Male+Southern+Hawker%252CEast+Halton+Skitter%252CLincolnshire-4.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On This Photo,You Can Make Out The Diagnostic,Small Crescent Shaped Marking Behind The Eye Which Separates This Species From Any Other. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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