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  1. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Thanks for that link. Somehow managed to miss that talk last year.
  2. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Eggs of Azure Hawker are laid one year and hatch into larvae the following year and then take 3 or 4 years to develop. Larvae can live in damp rather than wet conditions so a 'dry' appearance might not be too dry for the larvae. Adults not being seen last year won't necessarily mean they won't...
  3. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    With the proviso that I'm only looking on my mobile your ID looks fine to me.
  4. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    I'll get that updated when I get back to the UK! I expect a lot more will be flying by then.
  5. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    This list of first dates is as up to date as I can get it. 15.02 probable Vagrant Emperor - St Leonards-on-Sea (East Sussex) 20.03 Beautiful Demoiselle -- Christchurch (Dorset) 21.03 Common Blue Damselfly -- Hackney Marshes 24.03 Large Red Damselfly -- Paignton (Devon) 10.04 Hairy Dragonfly --...
  6. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Managed to add two more species today at Fishlake Meadows HIWWT (just north of Romsey, Hants) with Four-spotted Chaser and Southern Damselfly.
  7. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    There have been quite a few species on the wing now (all these from iRecord if not otherwise mentioned) 15.02 probable Vagrant Emperor -- St Leonards-on-Sea (East Sussex) (fb Migrant Dragonflies) 20.03 Beautiful Demoiselle -- Christchurch (Dorset) 21.03 Common Blue Damselfly -- Hackney Marshes...
  8. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Two more first dates that I could find by looking in iRecord and iNaturalist are Variable Damselfly, 12/04, Westbere Lakes (Kent) Broad-bodied Chaser, 14/04, Dartford (Kent)
  9. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Azure Damselfly, 13/04/24, Hertfordshire Record of Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) I did look for dragonflies yesterday but could find only Large Red Damselflies.
  10. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Hairy Dragonfly, Sussex, 10/04 from iNaturalist Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense) and from iRecord Banded Demoiselle, Leybourne Lakes(Kent), 11/04 Blue-tailed Damselfly, Marazion Marsh(Cornwall), 12/04
  11. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Large Red Damselfly, 24.03.24, Paignton (Devon) in iRecord Record of Pyrrhosoma nymphula
  12. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Common Blue Damselfly, 21.03.24, Hackney Marshes on irecord Record of Enallagma cyathigerum. I'm not in any of the UK facebook groups but expect there have been a few Large Red Damselflies by now.
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