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Tuesday, July 31, 2007  

Priory Water 31 July 2007






The recent warmer weather has seen an increase in Odonata activity on the reserve, with excellent munbers of many of the remaining species being recorded over the past four days.

Small Red-Eyed Damselfly is now present in large numbers again, although an accurate count has yet to be carried out.

The 16 species recorded in the last four days are as follows;
Southern Hawker
Brown Hawker
Migrant Hawker
Common Darter
Ruddy Darter
Black-Tailed Skimmer
Four-Spotted Chaser
Emperor Dragonfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Blue-Tailed Damselfly
White-Legged Damselfly
Banded Demoiselle
Emerald Damselfly
Red-Eyed Damselfly
Small Red-Eyed Damselfly

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