August Sightings and News

Total species recorded during the 2008 season is 25

30.8.08
Mat Bingham called at Vale Royal Locks (67K SJ640705) today and saw at least six Brown Hawker with a few Blue-tailed Damselfly and a single Migrant Hawker.

25.8.08
Still Brown Hawker and Common Darter flying at Stapeley Water Gardens (65Q SJ666513) reports Bob Bradshaw, and a lone Southern Hawker was busy ovipositing.

Dont mess with wasps! A Blue-tailed Damselfly loses the battle at Stapeley Water Gardens 25.8.08 Photo © R L Bradshaw 2008

23.8.08
A Brown Hawker was busy feeding along the Macclesfield Canal at Bosley Locks (96D SJ904666) today and a lone male Banded Demoiselle was seen passing by. Meanwhile Bob Bradshaw saw a few Common Darter at Red Rocks Marsh (28E SJ205882).

Male Black-tailed Skimmer at Goostrey 13.8.08 Photo © Wildlife in Pixels 2008

19.8.08
Andy Astbury called in again at Newplatt Lake, Goostrey (77K SJ753705) where he saw a few Ruddy Darter. Meanwhile at Newchurch Common (66E SJ604689) Mel Bellingham saw a couple of Emerald Damselfly and a few Red-eyed Damselfly.

Male Common Darter at Anderton Nature Park 15.8.08 Photo © Richard Buxton 2008

17.8.08
From Stapeley Water Gardens (65Q SJ666513) Bob Bradshaw reports a single Emerald Damselfly and a few Common Darter and Blue-tailed Damselfly.

Female Southern Hawker at Macclesfield 15.8.08 Photo © David Kitching 2008

Emerging Common Hawker at Shemmy Moss 15.8.08 Photo © Andy Harmer 2008

15.8.08
This morning in my garden in Macclesfield (87W SJ895735) a female Southern Hawker was causing consternation amongst the Speckled Wood butterflies as it was busily feeding along the hedgerow. Andy Harmer travelled to Shemmy Moss (56Z SJ595687) and soon found a single Common Hawker flying and another emerging. He also saw plenty of Common Darter, Black Darter and Emerald Damselfly. Down at Anderton Nature Park (67M SJ651751) Richard Buxton found Common Darter and Brown Hawker.

Female Brown Hawker at Anderton Nature Park 15.8.08 Photo © Richard Buxton 2008

13.8.08
Over at Newplatt Lake, Goostrey (77K SJ753705), Andy Astbury found single male Brown Hawker and Black-tailed Skimmer.

Teneral male Southern Hawker at Vale Royal 10.8.08 Photo © Peter Shaw 2008

10.8.08
At Vale Royal (67K SJ642705) this afternoon Peter Shaw saw a teneral male Southern Hawker. Bob Bradshaw continued his watch on the action at Stapeley Water Gardens (65Q SJ666513) where he saw Emerald Damselfly ovipositing and a single Brown Hawker with a few Common Darter. There were also plenty of Black Darter at Lindow Moss (88F SJ822804) with a few Common Darter and a single Ruddy Darter when Paul Hill visited the site.

Mainly Red-eyed Damselflies at Newchurch Common 8.8.08 Photo © Andy Harmer 2008

9.8.08
Paul Hill visited the dunes at Wallasey (29R SJ275925) today and saw both Brown Hawker and Migrant Hawker in the more sheltered areas.

8.8.08
At Newchurch Common (66E SJ607690) Andy Harmer was disappointed at the number of dragonflies present, seeing only single female Brown Hawker and Common Darter. There were plenty of damselflies to be seen. These were Emerald Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly and Azure Damselfly. Back at Burton (37B SJ304739) Mel Bellingham once again found Brown Hawker with a few Migrant Hawker and Common Darter.

Male Migrant Hawker at Burton 8.8.08 Photo © Mel Bellingham 2008

6.8.08
At Burton (37B SJ305737) today Mel Bellingham spotted a couple of Brown Hawker with a single Common Darter and a teneral female Migrant Hawker.

Teneral female Migrant Hawker at Burton 6.8.08 Photo © Mel Bellingham 2008

4.8.08
A first ever record from Wallasey (39A SJ319916) when David Higgins saw a single Blue-tailed Damselfly in his garden.

3.8.08
From Marbury Park (67N SJ653763) Paul Hill reports plenty of Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker and Common Darter feeding in and below the woodland canopy.

Male Common Blue Damselfly at Newchurch Common 8.8.08 Photo ©Photo © Andy Harmer 2008

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