24 | May | 2024 | Huddsbirder

Back down to RSPB Old Moor, for another go at the insects, but due to the weather I didn’t have much hope in seeing a lot, the conditions were, overcast and cloudy, at the end of the day it was a day out in nature.

Gear together and off I set, my first insect contact turned out to be a new sighting for me in the form of a Dock Bug, located near the first pond, before you get to the hub, on the left side, it was resting on the Ox-eye daisies.

My next contact was at the Visitor Centre pond with lots of Azure Damselflies, resting up on the vegetation surrounding the pond, closer inspect of the pond reeds revealed a large Exuvia, this was probably Emperor Dragonfly. Moving on I saw a couple of guys taking photos near the reed bed, I had to be nosy, it paid off, they were looking at two Dragonflies that were rested up, one a Four spotted Chaser the other was an Immature Male Black tailed Skimmer. Looking around the other ponds I found little elde of note, no butterflies either, there were a few Swollen thighed Beetles about, especially on the Ox-eye daises.

I decided on dinner and then doing the Green Lane Loop after, it was about 2pm when I started back on the reserve, catching sight of Hairy Shieldbugs around the visitor centre pond, with the Azure Damselflies as well, but this time I did find a couple of Large Red Damselflies and Blue tailed Damselflies.

On then to the Green Lane Loop and all was quiet, my first insect find were more Azure Damselflies, second was a Speckled Bush Cricket, tiny things these, it wasn’t in a good position for photos so I moved on eventually finding a better positioned one near to the Wader Scrape hide

Dragonfly List ; Azure Damselfly, Black tailed Skimmer, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red Damselfly