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Black Darter at Gannow Fell
8 Sep 2023

Black Darter at Gannow Fell

by steve | posted in: dragonflies | 0

Black Darters, Red Darters, Common Hawkers, Emperors, and Common Blue Damselflies made for a delightful session of photography on a long Friday lunchtime on Gannow Fell, Lancashire.

Black Darter, dragonflies, Gannow Fell, Lancashire
First Migrant Hawker at Dean Clough
8 Sep 2023

First Migrant Hawker at Dean Clough

by steve | posted in: Birding, Dean Clough Reservoir, dragonflies | 0

A Migrant Hawker at Dean Clough on 7 September 2023 was my first and only the second recorded at the site, following one in August 2019. Brown and Common Darters and Blue Damselflies were also seen.

Dean Clough, dragonflies, Lancashire Wildlife, odonata
Large Skippers and Black-tailed Skimmers
14 Jun 2023

Large Skippers and Black-tailed Skimmers

by steve | posted in: birds, butterflies, damselflies, Dean Clough Reservoir, dragonflies, insects, lancashire, photography | 0

Large Skippers and Black-tailed Skimmers were the highlights of today. Six Large Skippers was the most I’ve counted here and one posed nicely for a photograph.

Butterflies and other insects
9 Jun 2023

Butterflies and other insects

by steve | posted in: butterflies, bees, Dean Clough and Parsonage Reservoirs, Dean Clough Reservoir, dragonflies, Odonata | 0

A Large skipper in the garden and a few species of butterflies at Dean Clough along with a Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum and a Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly made for a nice selection of June Insects

Brockholes Quarry 12th June 2009
13 Jun 2009

Brockholes Quarry 12th June 2009

by steve | posted in: blacktailed skimmer, brockholes, butterflies, dragonflies, speckled wood | 0

Fairly quite on the bird front at the quarry. No hobby sightings whilst I was there today. There was at least a bit more going on with other winged creatures. This teneral black-tailed skimmer was on the public footpath by … Continued

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