Latest Leics & Rutland Dragonfly Sightings

Monday, September 10, 2007

Vale of Belvoir, September 10th, 2007

Bridleways around Barkestone, Plungar and Harby and Grantham Canal Towpath from Barkestone to Stathern Lodge.

An MTB ride along these routes resulted in an encouraging number of sightings. Although no damselflies were seen the following dragonflies were active along the sunny and sheltered southern sides of the hedgerows:

Common Darter

Ruddy Darter

Migrant Hawker

Southern Hawker

Brown Hawker (1 rather ragged looking specimen on the Grantham Canal)

posted by Nigel Wood Permanent Link 0 Comments

Friday, September 07, 2007

Photo Gallery and Forum Info

Two quickies:

I have created a new thread in the forum that explains how to register for and upload photos to the photo gallery: click here.

Also, I have started a thread to discuss this sightings page, and whether you think it would be more convenient to do away with the blog and use the forum to add latest sightings to the website instead. It would be just as easy to use and would mean just login for the forum and one for the gallery (both of which you can stay semi-permanently logged into).

Please let me know what you think: click here.

posted by Richard Fray Permanent Link 0 Comments

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Priory Water 5th September 2007

There are still 10 species on the wing on the reserve, not a bad count for early September.

Migrant Hawker

Brown Hawker

Southern Hawker

Common Darter

Ruddy Darter

Common Blue Damselfly

Blue-Tailed Damselfly

White-Legged Damselfly - 3 mature males

Small Red-Eyed Damselfly - Several males plus an ovipoisiting pair

Red-Eyed Damselfly - single mature female, a late record for the reserve

posted by Steve H Permanent Link 0 Comments