Tadpoles still surviving in the two pools which still retain some water...these pools were quite productive for Dragonfly in recent years with the vegetation which surrounded them good areas for these to both rest in and emerge onto...but of late a lot of the vegetation has been destroyed by....well I'd better not say....
Still there were some Broad Bodied Chasers in one of late...
Tadpoles still surviving in the two pools which still retain some water...these pools were quite productive for Dragonfly in recent years with the vegetation which surrounded them good areas for these to both rest in and emerge onto...but of late a lot of the vegetation has been destroyed by....well I'd better not say....
Still there were some Broad Bodied Chasers in one of late...
Three years to the day since my last visit! I was hoping for Purple Hairstreak but none were found in the master oak of 2012 and 2011 and none elsewhere. However there are two rather productive pools that have been created. At the first was a splendid male Emperor Dragonfly which I saw catch and eat a Small White, swiftly chopping off its wings first which fluttered down. Common Darters mating at both pools. Banded Demoiselles on the river.
Peacock 4 Brimstone 2 Speckled Wood 2 Gatekeeper 30+ Meadow Brown 20+ All 3 species of white in low numbers Not a single Common Blue
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Wednesday 12th of August 2015 02:33:25 PM
Purple Hairstreak female seen with wings open through my scope then elusive. It was in exactly the same Oak tree as the ones last week. No sign elsewhere Gatekeeper c.30 Meadow Brown 50+ White sp. 100s Common Darter Brown Hare
Meadow Brown very numerous in all the grassy areas 100+ Gatekeeper ditto 100+ Green-veined and Small White very numerous Purple Hairstreak 2 finally seen high in an oak canopy - not great views Common Darter 3 - one single and pair egg-laying Four-spot Chaser 2 mating on the wing and perching Black Darter 2 mating on a blade of grass Frog - are differtent types? I don't know. don't have a reptile book
Lovely to meet the members of the Manchester Field Club here out to see whatever nature they came across. They were also on their first visit to this great patch.
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Sunday 5th of August 2012 05:41:50 PM
