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Latest Leics & Rutland Dragonfly SightingsFriday, August 31, 2007Female COMMON HAWKER at New Lount NR last week
From Matt Cole:
I took the attached 2 photos last week at Lount - am I right in thinking these are of a female Common Hawker? The yellow costa seems to be the giveaway. I believe these are very scarce in Leicestershire though? Correct, Matt, VERY scarce. There is only one previous Leicestershire & Rutland record that has been fully documented and accepted: a well-described specimen at Saltersford Valley, Oakthrope, on 17th August 2001. There have been other reports, but this is a difficult dragonfly to identify and mistaken identity has been suspected and indeed proven in the past. As far as I am aware, these are the first photos of a Common Hawker in the county... and wow, what photos! Congratulations Matt, a stunning find!  
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