Thursley Common

When we went to Thursley Common a little over two years ago, we weren't aware the boardwalks had been destroyed by fire. So we could only skirt the edges of the main bog, but still had a good day. 

Obviously, we vowed to return once the boardwalks were restored, which was done earlier this year. So off to Thursley we went!

Very nice to see the boardwalks and they really allow you to get close to the action. 

And not only that: they also offer dragonflies a nice spot to land and sit on. We saw loads of common darter doing just that.

And also saw plenty of black darters (first time we saw them this year). 

Fun to see our smallest dragonfly bully other dragonflies, especially common darters!

Black-tailed and keeled skimmers also made use of the boardwalks.

In terms of damsels, lots of common blues and emeralds and several small red damsels.

And we saw a few small red-eyed damsels around a pool at the edge of the bog.

We really enjoyed going up and down the boardwalks, and seeing the damsels and dragons up close in the middle of their natural habitat. 

Upon returning to the car park, the 'Moat' then gave us a few brown hawkers and a southern hawker. In all, we saw a record number of species: 15!

So, without further ado, here are today's tables; not many butterfly species, but the longest ever damseldragon table (one = 1; few = 2-4; several = 5-9; many = 10+):