A few good days of sun had me heading down to Old Moor, for some insect action and hopefully the start of the Dragonfly season, but the news of a Temminck’s Stint on the Wader Scrape, had me heading down there first, alas on arrival, the news was that it hadn’t been since early morning, after a good look around seeing the usual stuff, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Lesser Black backed Gull, Herring Gull and Black headed Gull, Mallard, Gadwall, Cormorant, I moved onto Wath Ings Hide, here I saw, Spoonbill, Little Ringed Plover, and Common Sandpiper were the highlights.
I then went down Green Lane, seeing very little for my efforts, however a male a female Common Blue Butterfly were nice to see.
After dinner, I went around the Dragonfly Ponds, first stop was the visitor centre one, plenty of action here with Azure, Large Red, Blue tailed and Common Blue Damselfly. I then went down to the larger ponds, near the bridges, the last one held Hairy Dragonfly ♂♀, very hard to photograph, the male in flight all the time, the female was photographed, when she stopped to egg lay, also of note here, was a Grass Snake.
Birds Seen :- Bittern, Black headed Gull, Blackcap, Canada Goose, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Sandpiper, Coot, Cormorant, Gadwall, Garden Warbler, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Lapwing, Lesser Black backed Gull, Little Grebe, Little Ringed Plover, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pochard, Redshank, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Shelduck, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (34) 169/200
Butterflies Seen :- Brimstone, Comma, Common Blue, Green veined White, Small Tortoiseshell (5)
Dragonflies Seen :- Azure Damselfly, Blue tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Large Red Damselfly (5)
Common Whitethroat
Large Red Damselfly
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