The 18th and 21st saw me at Twizell woods which got me a few first for the year including Common and Ruddy Darter and Common and Southern Hawker.
Common
Hawker 18th. It would not settle and did not hover long enough for me to get a
decent shot. I had to grab this as it flew past me.
Common
Hawker 21st. This female is laying eggs.
Southern
Hawker 18th. Too far away for anything decent but it did at least hover now and
again.
I only saw
one Broad-bodied Chaser on the 18th and it was a male.
The 18th
and this fly looks as though it is hiding in plain sight. I thought at first
Common Darter but when I got the image up on the computer, I now think it is a
Ruddy Darter.
The 21st
and I’m convinced this is the same Ruddy Darter sitting on some of the same
branches as the one above.
Common
Darter.
Common
Darter.
Common
Darter in tandem.
Another
Common Darter.
An Emerald
Damselfly
An Emerald
Damselfly
Meadow
Brown butterflies mating.
The butterflies
were chasing each other all afternoon so I thought I would have a go at
catching them while they were in flight.
My first
Comma butterfly of the year.
There were
a few Green-veined White butterflies getting minerals from the soil.
This
Chiffchaff had just been in one of the ponds when I arrived.
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