RSPB Old Moor

Down at Old Moor again, a bit, overcast and windy, so I wasn’t expectant for seeing many Dragonflies today.

I was on the usual route taking in the visitor centre pond first, this had the usual Blue tailed Damselflies on with a nice surprise today as the Small Red eyed Damselflies were also on here, the firt time I’ve seen on this pond.

Around at the stepping stones pond were a few Ruddy Darters about along with a few Common Darters. So it was over the bridge and on to the top pond Common Blue Damselflies were hanging out, there was nothing flying over the pond today, but I did find a egg laying female Brown Hawker, I spent sometime here, watching and taking photos.

On at the Toyota Pond the only Damselflies I found were the Red eyed Damselflies, so I moved onto the Green Lane Loop, on the way I found a few Myathropa florea Hoverflies (Batman Hoverfly) there seemed to be a few about today, I also found a Volucella inanis Hoverfly, a big hoverfly, lovely to see. On the Green Lane was a egg laying Emperor Dragonfly, I was finding little else along here today, so I took a seat, I was soon joined by a few ‘Common Wasps’ gnawing gently at the wooden bench, along with the wasps was a Large Marsh Horsefly [Tabanus autumnalis] .

Not a good count today, hitting only eight species, the weather had a hand in it today

Dragonflies/Damselflies : Blue tailed Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Emperor, Red eyed Damselfly, Ruddy Darter, Small Red eyed Damselfly