Sunny once again, forecast was for a very warm day, being in the high 20°, so I had to make the most of it and headed down to Old Moor, my new favourite patch.
Walking thru the car park, I came across a male Black tailed Skimmer, a great start, hopefully a sign of what was to come. The visitor center pond held very little, no Emeralds only a few Blue tailed Damselflies, I did see a few eluvia’s, so I felt something new was on the wing. Onto the stepping stones ponds , making my way carefully, has not to tread on the various Ruddy and Common Darter’s about hanging out on the pathways. At the pond there were more Ruddy Darter and Common Darter, but there was something new in the air, they were definitely Hawker species, and a couple looked like Migrant Hawkers, but there was also a Southern Hawker coming in occasionally, but the Migrants soon gave chase and soon saw it off the pond, a nice surprise today here was a lovely Male Banded Demoiselle, which landed, for a short while.
At the Upper Bridge Pond were a few Common Blue Damselflies, along with Brown Hawker and Southern Hawker. The Toyota pond held the usual Red eyed Damselflies and Small Red eyed Damselflies.
After dinner I hit the Green Lane Loop again, down here were Emperor Dragonflies, Black tailed Skimmers ♂♀, a Four Spotted Chaser and a few Ruddy and Common Darter’s. I then decided on another visit to the visitor centre pond were at last we found a couple of Willow Emerald Damselflies, along with Migrant Hawker was another new for the year, and 14 species today and now 19 species for Old Moor, only Black Darter to find, emm!
Dragonfly/Damselfly List ; Banded Demoiselle, Black tailed Skimmer, Blue tailed Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Emperor, Four Spotted Chaser, Migrant Hawker, Red eyed Damselfly, Ruddy Darter, Small Red eyed Damselfly, Southern Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly (14)
Black tailed Skimmer
Common Darter
Migrant Hawker
Willow Emerald Damselfly
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