Showing posts with label Common Blue Damselfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common Blue Damselfly. Show all posts
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...
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...
Sunday, 27 July 2025

Big Moor Dragons - 26th July 2025

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Yesterday, Jayne and I had a walk up to Little Barbrook Reservoir on Big Moor. We went to look for dragonflies, and managed to see a couple ...
Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Linacre Insects - 13th July 2025

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 After the ringing session on Sunday, I stayed on at Linacre to enjoy the sunshine and go looking for some insects. I wasn't disappointe...
Sunday, 22 June 2025

Linacre WeBS and Insects

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 This month's WeBS count took place yesterday, and whilst there, a few butterflies, 1 species of moth and two damselfly species were als...
Saturday, 31 May 2025

Linacre Insects - A New Species!

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 I was down at Linacre on Thursday (29th) doing the last check on the nestboxes (more details to follow). The weather was pretty decent, wit...
Sunday, 16 June 2024

Linacre Insects - 3 new species!

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 The summer of 2024 has, so far, been pretty awful weather wise, with very few periods of dry, warm weather. Today, the temperature managed ...
Thursday, 1 June 2023

Whixall Moss - 1st June 2023

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 Today Jayne and I visited the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses in Shropshire. We  went in search of two insects, the Large Heath...
Sunday, 21 May 2023

Linacre WeBS - 21st May 2023

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 This weekend was WeBS weekend, so I had a walk around this morning. The following birds were counted: Mallard (49 adults and just 2 duckli...
Sunday, 5 June 2022

Linacre Insects - 3rd June 2022

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 The sun came out on Friday afternoon, so I popped down to Linacre in the hope of seeing some insects. The first ones I saw were Common Blue...
Sunday, 25 July 2021

Hardwick Ponds - 24th July 2021

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 Jayne and I had a walk around the ponds at Hardwick Hall yesterday. It was 20 degrees, with a lot of cloud cover and a few sunny spells. Wh...
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...
Thursday, 10 June 2021

Linacre Insects and WeBS - 13th June 2021

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This afternoon was warm and sunny with temperatures in the low 20s, so I decided to have a look around Linacre for some damselflies and othe...
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...
Sunday, 28 June 2020

Linacre WeBS - 28th June 2020

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After a week of temperatures in the high 20s, this month's WeBS walk was a pretty chilly affair, with 12 degrees and a strong, cold wind...
Monday, 25 May 2020

Linacre Update - 20th May 2020

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I had a walk around Linacre with my nephew, Luke, on 20th May. The weather was warm and sunny and we got some great views of some of the ins...