Showing posts with label Blue-tailed Damselfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue-tailed Damselfly. Show all posts
Saturday, 18 July 2026

Rufford - 18th July 2026

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 I had a few hours free this afternoon, so I had my second visit of the "autumn" to Rufford CP. The number of Black-headed Gulls ...
Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Red-veined Darter - at last!!!

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 Earlier in the year, I blogged about a possible sighting of a Red-veined Darter , seen as RSPB Frampton Marsh. Unfortunately, at the time, ...
Friday, 26 June 2026

Fledgling Blackcap

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 It isn't often that I do a post for one species, but last night, whilst out  looking for a Lesser Emperor dragonfly at Pebley Pond (no...
Sunday, 21 June 2026

Linacre Lifer!

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 I didn't really think that this weekend could get any better, after yesterday's lifer. But, this afternoon, after having spent time...
Sunday, 31 May 2026

RSPB Frampton Marsh - 31st May 2026

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 Today, Jayne and I had a trip across to RSPB Frampton Marsh. We had a great walk around the reserve, adding three new species to the Year L...
Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Pleasley Pits - Butterflies and Dragonflies

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Yesterday, in the 32 degree heat (!), I decided to have a drive over to Pleasley Pit to try and see my first dragonflies of the year and a f...
Monday, 12 May 2025

Pleasley Dragons and Butterflies

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 Yesterday, the temperatures hit 23 degrees, with lots of sun and blue skies, so Jayne and I drove across to Pleasley Pit to see if there we...
Saturday, 11 May 2024

First Dragons and Butterflies

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 Last week, Jayne and I went to RSPB Old Moor (see last post). Whilst there we had our first damselflies of 2024. The two species seen were:...
Saturday, 15 July 2023

The Gulls are Back!!

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 Late this morning, I had a drive across to Rufford for the first visit since March, looking for the returning Black-headed Gulls . I was in...
Saturday, 8 July 2023

Linacre 8th July 2023 - a new species!!

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I had news yesterday that the first Silver-washed Fritillaries and White-letter Hairstreaks of the year had been reported at Linacre (than...
Sunday, 22 May 2022

21st May 2022 - First Dragons and Damsels

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 Jayne and I had a walk around Seymour Ponds yesterday, and saw our first Damsel and Dragonflies of the year. The first species seen was Blu...
Thursday, 15 July 2021

Shaded Broad-bar and Tawny Owl

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 I popped down to Linacre this afternoon to fill the feeders for a ringing session. It was 24 degrees when I arrived at 3.45pm and very sunn...
Saturday, 10 July 2021

Yorkshire Sculpture Park - 10th July 2021

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 Jayne and I were at Yorkshire Sculpture Park today. After a misty start, the sun came out and we ended up with a few insect species. By far...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Linacre - 12th August 2020

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 The temperature was a cracking 27 degrees again today, so I decided to have a couple of hours down at Linacre to see which insects I could ...
Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Linacre - 22nd July 2020

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I had a couple of hours at Linacre this afternoon. When I arrived at 12.30pm it was grey, overcast and just 17 degrees. I started down at th...
Saturday, 30 May 2020

Linacre Insects - 30th May 2020

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I was down at Linacre this morning, checking the nestboxes and ringing some of this year's pulli (more on that in a future blog). With t...
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