With a beautiful sunny morning I made a brief hour visit to Reculver at 10am where I wanted to see if I could find any dragonflies or damselflies. On arrival it was indeed quite warm in the sheltered areas and I soon saw the first of c20 Common Darter on the wing. I wanted to see if I could find any Willow Emerald Damselflies and ideally a mating pair but despite a good search I failed to find any today. I expect they were there and probably higher up in the trees. Whilst looking I found a nice female Migrant Hawker at rest, I saw 2 others today, and this gave me today's opportunity to get a number of shots as she rested.
Female Migrant Hawker
It wasn't the ideal place as the background was quite distracting but after a while she went on the wing only to come back and land on a slightly better perch which made for some better photo attempts.
Female Migrant Hawker
Moving on I found 2 Common Blue Damselflies, they really are hanging on now but a November record could be on the cards if the mild weather continues. Back home within the hour for a nice cuppa. Iv'e got most of the day out tomorrow if I want it, not sure what to do and where to go yet. The weather looks quite nice though which is a bonus.
Female Migrant Hawker
Even here there was a Migrant Hawker and 2 Common Darters on the wing today, hope we get weather this nice next April :-) Awesome images today Marc!
ReplyDeleteCheers Warren, this mild weather is certainly doing them a favour. Hopefully the good weather continues for a bit yet.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant Hawker, not very nice for me though, it was dingy.
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ReplyDeleteHave you seen the brief reference to the origin of the Westbere Norfolk Hawkers on the KOS Database today.
Derek. Iv'e just read it and yes having spoke to a number of people during the season and lack of water soldier, we kind of assumed that they must have come from the continent. Hopefully they can continue to spread in the south east.
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