Day 2 of the May bank holiday, so damselflies and dragonflies the focus of today! We set out to Mill Lawn Brook, in the hope of seeing a few (for us) new species.
Weather was glorious, and little wind, so should be a perfect day for damsels and dragons! We saw many large red damselflies (quite a few in tandem, mating of ovipositing) and a few broad-bodied chasers (new species for us!).
So not exactly the biggest haul ever, but it was a great to be out and feel the warmth of the sun, after the cold spring.
The usual tables (one = 1; few = 2-4; several = 5-9; many = 10+):
One more thing: high up on our wish list for today was a beautiful demoiselle. As you can gather from the table above, we didn't see this species. Well, that's not quite true .... we did see a beautiful demoiselle, a female .... floating in the stream .... dead ....
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