Yorkshire sightings

July 2008 Records May | June | July | August | September | Archive Sightings Date:- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Find out how your sightings have an impact on the National Atlas 31st July VC61 11 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 8 Common Blue Damselfly and 2 Brown Hawker at Beverley Beck.+ Common Blue Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer and Ruddy Darter at Tophill Low.   29th July   VC62 1 Common Hawker, 9 Golden-ringed Dragonfly and 1 Large Red Damselfly at Wheeldale Gill. 30+ Keeled Skimmer, 15 Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 3 Common Hawker and 21 Large Red Damselfly at Tranmire Bogs, Wheeldale Moor. Male Keeled Skimmer at Tranmire Bogs on 29/07/2008 - ©  Martin Hodges   27th July VC62 29 Keeled Skimmer, 4 Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 6 Black Darter, 1 Emperor Dragonfly, 3 Common Hawker and 8 Large Red Damselfly at Fen Bog. Male Keeled Skimmer at Fen Bog on 27/07/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton Male Keeled Skimmer at Fen Bog on 27/07/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton Female Keeled Skimmer at Fen Bog on 27/07/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton Male Golden-ringed Dragonfly at Fen Bog on 27/07/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton Male Common Hawker at Eller Beck on 27/07/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton 9 Common Blue Damselfly, 500+ Emerald Damselfly, 15 Large Red Damselfly and 5 Black Darter at The Tarn, Goathland Moor. Female Black Darter at The Tarn, Goathland Moor on 27/07/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton 1 Brown Hawker at Newtondale. 10+ Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 2 Common Hawker, 1 Brown Hawker and 1 Large Red Damselfly at Wheeldale Moor. Male Golden-ringed Dragonfly at Wheeldale Moor on 27/07/2008 - ©  Martin Hodges       VC61 20 Red-eyed Damselfly, 9 Common Blue Damselfly, 4 Brown Hawker and 1 Four-spotted Chaser at Newport ponds. 1 Red-eyed Damselfly, 10 Common Blue Damselfly, 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 12 Brown Hawker, 3 Emperor Dragonfly, 2 Black-tailed Skimmer, 2 Four-spotted Chaser, 10 Common Darter and 2 Ruddy Darter at Broomfleet Washlands. 5+ Blue-tailed Damselfly at Fimber village pond.   26th July   VC61 Banded Demoiselle on Weighton Beck, Market Weighton. 12 Red-eyed Damselfly, 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 6 Azure Damselfly, 92 Common Blue Damselfly, 16 Emerald Damselfly, 6 Brown Hawker, 3 Southern Hawker, 9 Black-tailed Skimmer, 81 Ruddy Darter, 2 Common Darter and 5 Four-spotted Chaser at Tophill Low. 3 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly and 1 Brown Hawker on the River Foulness.   25th July   VC61 Blue-tailed Damselfly, Brown Hawker, 2 Ruddy Darter, 2 Four-spotted Chaser and 1 Common Blue Damselfly at Brommfleet Washlands.       VC64 Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Emerald Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser, Golden-ringed Dragonfly and Common Hawker at Timble Ings. Male Broad-bodied Chaser at Timble Ings on 25/07/2008 - ©  Stephen Lilley Golden-ringed Dragonfly at Timble Ings on 25/07/2008 - ©  Stephen Lilley   24th July   VC61 100+ Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 4 Common Darter, 4 Ruddy Darter,  3 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Emperor Dragonfly and 18 Black-tailed Skimmer at Watton NR. 6 Common Blue Damselfly, 36 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Red-eyed Damselfly ,1 Common Darter and 2 Black-tailed Skimmer at Broomfleet Washlands.       VC63 Banded Demoiselle, Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly at Potteric Carr.   23rd July VC61 200+ Black Darter, 14 Common Darter, 17 Ruddy Darter, 20+ Emerald Damselfly, 8 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Large Red Damselfly and 4 Common Hawker at Skipwith Common. 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 20+ Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter and 1 Brown Hawker at Tophill Low. 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 16 Black-tailed Skimmer, 4 Blue-tailed Damselfly and 5 Emperor Dragonfly at Spurn. Male Emperor Dragonfly at Spurn on 23/07/2008 - ©  Diane Wakelin 2 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Emperor Dragonfly, 1 Emerald Damselfly, 6 Common Blue Damselfly, 6 Blue-tailed Damselfly and 1 Ruddy Darter at Bransholme Fishing Pond. 2 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Brown Hawker, 4 Common Hawker, 7 Common Darter, 1 Ruddy Darter and 1 Four-spotted Chaser at North Cliffe Wood. Copulating Common Hawker at North Cliffe Wood on 23/07/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton   22nd July   VC61 50+ Emerald Damselfly, 10+ Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Large Red Damselfly, 200+ Black Darter, 3 Ruddy Darter, 1 Brown Hawker, 3 Common Hawker and 1 Four-spotted Chaser at Skipwith Common. Male Black Darter at Skipwith Common on 22/07/2008 - ©  Stuart Roebuck Male Ruddy Darter at Skipwith Common on 22/07/2008 - ©  Stuart Roebuck   21st July   VC61 c6 Azure Damselfly, c10 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Emerald Damselfly, 2 Common Darter and 1 Emperor Dragonfly at King's Mill, Driffield.   20th July     VC61 11 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 3 Common Blue Damselfly, 9 Red-eyed Damselfly, 1 Four-spotted Chaser and 2 Southern Hawker at Leven Canal.   19th July     VC61 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Brown Hawker, 1 Common Hawker, 3 Common Darter, 1 Ruddy Darter and 2 Four-spotted Chaser at North Cliffe Wood. 4 Emerald Damselfly, 4 Azure Damselfly, 6 Common Blue Damselfly, 14 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Southern Hawker (+ 12 exuvia), 2 Brown Hawker, 5 Four-spotted Chaser and 21 Ruddy Darter at Tophill Low.   18th July   VC61 74 Emerald Damselfly, 1 Large Red Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Common Hawker, 2 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Common Darter, 3 Ruddy Darter and  212 Black Darter at Skipwith Common. Male Large Red Damselfly at Skipwith Common on 18/07/2008 - ©  Martin Hodges Male Black Darter at Skipwith Common on 18/07/2008 - ©  Martin Hodges   15th July   VC61 1 Red-eyed Damselfly (Carp Lake), 187 Common Blue Damselfly, 19 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 4 Emperor Dragonfly, 2 Four-spotted Chaser, 8 Black-tailed Skimmer and 6 Common Darter at North Cave Wetlands.   14th July     VC61 2 Black-tailed Skimmer at Canal Scrape, Spurn. 13th July   VC61 200 Common Blue Damselfly, 3 Emperor Dragonfly, 10 Black-tailed Skimmer, 4 Four-spotted Chaser and 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly at North Cave Wetlands.       VC62 3 Keeled Skimmer and 1 Large Red Damselfly at Fen Bog. Keeled Skimmer at Fen Bog on 13/07/2008 - ©  Martin Hodges       VC63 200 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Common Darter, 3 Brown Hawker and 4 Black-tailed Skimmer at Nostell Priory.   12th July   VC61 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 6 Ruddy Darter, 18 Common Blue Damselfly, 25 Azure Damselfly, 10 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Emerald Damselfly and 5 pre-flight Southern Hawker including 36 exuvia at Tophill Low. Pre-flight Southern Hawker at Tophill Low on 12/07/2008 - ©  Martin Hodges   10th July   VC61 2 Common Blue Damselfly, 4 Azure Damselfly, 50 Emerald Damselfly, 2 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 5 Ruddy Darter and 200 Black Darter at Skipwith Common. Male Black Darter at Skipwith Common on 10/07/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton   9th July   VC61 Common Hawker at Calley Heath.     VC64 1 Common Darter, 2 Brown Hawker, 2 Emperor Dragonfly, 10+ Four-spotted Chaser, 30+ Black-tailed Skimmer, 10 Emerald Damselfly, 300+ assorted Azure Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly at Farnham Lakes. Female Emerald Damselfly at Farnham Lakes on 09/07/2008 - ©  Stuart Roebuck   8th July VC61 500 Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Emerald Damselfly, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Four-spotted Chaser and 1 Common Darter at North Cave Wetlands.   5th July     VC61 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Ruddy Darter, 20 Azure Damselfly, 1 Emerald Damselfly, 10 Common Blue Damselfly and 12 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Tophill Low.  4th July VC61 500 Common Blue Damselfly, 11 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 10 Emerald Damselfly, 34 Black-tailed Skimmer, 6 Emperor Dragonfly, 2 Common Darter and 12 Four-spotted Chaser at North Cave Wetlands. 5 Red-eyed Damselfly, 16 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 3 Common Blue Damselfly and 2 Brown Hawker at Brandesburton Ponds Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, 144 Emerald Damselfly, 2 Emperor Dragonfly, 10+ Black-tailed Skimmer, 18 Four-spotted Chaser, 4 Common Darter, 13 Ruddy Darter and 296 Black Darter at Skipwith Common. Female Black Darter at Skipwith Common on 04/07/2008 - ©  Martin Hodges   VC62 12 Keeled Skimmer, 3 Emperor Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser including praenubila form, Emerald Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly at Brown Rigg Beck and Pond. Praenubila Four-spotted Chaser at Brown Rigg Beck on 04/07/2008 - ©  L&J Westmoreland Immature male Keeled Skimmer at Brown Rigg Beck on 04/07/2008 - ©  L&J Westmoreland   3 Emperor Dragonfly at Harwood Dale new pond.   Ovipositing female Emperor Dragonfly at Harwood Dale on 04/07/2008 - ©  L&J Westmoreland   3rd July VC61 3 Red-eyed Damselfly, 25 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Azure Damselfly, 4 Variable Damselfly, 21 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Brown Hawker and 6 Black-tailed Skimmer at Broomfleet Washlands.   1 Emperor Dragonfly at Walling Fen. 3 Red-eyed Damselfly and 7 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Newport Ponds. 2 Red-eyed Damselfly, 6 Blue-tailed Damselfly and 24 Common Blue Damselfly at Market Weighton Canal, Newport.   2nd July   VC61 8 Banded Demoiselle, 2 Red-eyed Damselfly, 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 22 Azure Damselfly and 1 Common Blue Damselfly at Pocklington Canal, Bielby. 127 Red-eyed Damselfly, 83 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 5 Azure Damselfly, 178 Common Blue Damselfly and 1 Common Darter at Pocklington Canal, Hagg Bridge. 1 Emperor Dragonfly at Burdale Pond.   1st July VC61 2 Broad-bodied Chaser, 6 Azure Damselfly, 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly and 2 Common Blue Damselfly at Priory Fields. 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 3 Emerald Damselfly, 20+ Common Blue Damselfly, 20+ Azure Damselfly and 12+ Blue-tailed Damselfly at Kings Mill, Driffield. 100+ Common Blue Damselfly, 30 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Emperor Dragonfly, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer and 2 Common Darter at Barmston Pond. 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly and a Common Blue Damselfly at Howden Marsh.   VC62 4 Beautiful Demoiselle and 14 Banded Demoiselle at Brompton Bridge, Sherburn.   VC64 1 Banded Demoiselle, 30 Black-tailed Skimmer, 10 Four-spotted Chaser, several Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly at Farnham Lakes. Copulating pair of Black-tailed Skimmer at Farnham Lakes on 01/07/2008 - ©  Stuart Roebuck

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