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Latest Leics & Rutland Dragonfly SightingsTuesday, July 25, 2006Priory Water 25th July 2006
A more extensive survey of the Small Red-Eyed Damselfly population on the fishing lake was carried out this afternoon using a 15x60 spotting scope to look at floating vegetation in the middle of the lake. The results of this were as follows.
mature males - 95 mature females - 16 coupled pairs - 16 of which 13 were observed ovipositing With such large numbers present it is looking more likely that they may have been present last season and have bred but were simply over-looked last season! Other species seen during the survey were; Brown hawker -27 Four-spotted chaser - 12 Emperor - 6 Black-tailed skimmer - 2 Ruddy Darter - 2 Common Darter - 5 Banded Demoiselle - 3 Plus very large numbers of Common Blue & Blue-tailed Damselflies ArchivesJuly 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007
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