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Yorkshire Branch
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May 2008 Records

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31st May

VC61

3 Hairy Dragonfly, 35 Four-spotted Chaser, 61 Variable Damselfly, 72 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 41 Large Red Damselfly, 59 Red-eyed Damselfly, 11 Common Blue Damselfly and 4 Azure Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands.

1 Common Blue Damselfly and 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Oak Road Lake, Hull.

2 Large Red Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly at Welton Waters.
 

VC62

5 Beautiful Demoiselle and 41 Large Red Damselfly seen along the banks of the sea cut in Scarborough.

 Beautiful Demoiselle
Scarborough
31/05/2008
L&M Westmoreland
Female Beautiful Demoiselle at Scarborough on 31/05/2008 - ©  L&M Westmoreland

 

30th May

VC61

Broad-bodied Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser, Azure Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Variable Damselfly, 3 Red-eyed Damselfly, 2 Black-tailed Skimmer and 200 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands.
 

Broad-bodied Chaser
Broomfleet Washlands
30/05/2008
Paul Ashton
Broad-bodied Chaser at Broomfleet Washlands on 30/05/2008 - ©  Martin Hodges
 

29th May

VC63

3 Black-tailed Skimmer at Potteric Carr.
 

VC61

14 Red-eyed Damselfly and 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Newport Ponds.

Female Broad-bodied Chaser at Lund.

5 Hairy Dragonfly, 63 Large Red Damselfly, 8 Red-eyed Damselfly, 47 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 16 Azure Damselfly, 82 Variable Damselfly, 15 Common Blue Damselfly and 16 Four-spotted Chaser at Broomfleet Washlands.

Hairy Dragonfly
Broomfleet Washlands
29/05/2008
Paul Ashton
Hairy Dragonfly, copulating pair at Broomfleet Washlands on 29/05/2008 - ©  Paul Ashton
 

28th May

VC61

Azure Damselfly at Hollym.
 

26th May

 

VC61

8 Four-spotted Chaser, 3 Large Red Damselfly, 2 Common Blue Damselfly  and 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Allerthorpe Common.
 

25th May

 

VC62

Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly at Brown Rigg Beck.
 

24th May

VC62

Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly and Broad-bodied Chaser at Pickering Wood.

Broad-bodied Chaser
Pickering Wood
24/05/2008
Jax Westmoreland
Broad-bodied Chaser at Pickering Wood on 24/05/2008 - ©  Jax Westmoreland

 

23rd May

VC61

3 teneral Common Blue Damselfly ant North Cave Wetlands.

Four-spotted Chaser, Azure Damselfly and Large Red Damselfly at Tophill low.

Large Red Damselfly
Tophill Low
23/05/2008
Maurice Gordon
Large Red Damselfly at Tophill Low on 23/05/2008 - © Maurice Gordon
 

22nd May

VC61

Large Red Damselfly at Howden Marsh.

6 Blue-tailed Damselfly and 18 Common Blue Damselfly at North Cave Weltands. 
 

21st May

 

VC61

2 Large Red Damselfly and 5 Four-spotted Chaser at Skipwith Common.

5 Four-spotted Chaser (+7 exuvia), 11 Red-eyed Damselfly and 2 Common Blue Damselfly at Leven Canal.

3 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Brandesburton.
 

VC63

Four-spotted Chaser exuvia, 22 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 108 Common Blue Damselfly, 10 Large Red Damselfly and 3 Azure Damselfly at Campsall Country Park.
 

20th May

VC61

2 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Oak Road Lake.
 

VC62

Four-spotted Chaser at Thorne Moor.

Four-spotted Chaser
Thorne Moor
20/05/2008
Maurice Gordon
Four-spotted Chaser at Thorne Moor on 20/05/2008 - © Maurice Gordon
 

18th May

VC61

Four-spotted Chaser at Allerthorpe Common.
 

17th May

 

VC61

4 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Oak Road Lake.

40 Four-spotted Chaser (59 exuvia), 35 Large Red Damselfly, 1 Red-eyed Damselfly, 19 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 7 Common Blue Damselfly and 500+ Azure Damselfly at Tophill Low.

Pre-flight Four-spotted Chaser
Tophill Low
17/05/2008
Paul Ashton
Pre-flight Four-spotted Chaser at Tophill Low on 17/05/2008 - © Paul Ashton

 

14th May

VC64

20+ Blue-tailed Damselfly at Hay-a-Park, Knaresborough.
 

Blue-tailed Damselfly
Hay-a-Park
14/05/2008
Stuart Roebuck

 
Blue-tailed Damselfly at Hay-a-Park on 14/05/2008 - © Stuart Roebuck
 

VC61

Four-spotted Chaser, 2 Large Red Damselfly and 6 Azure Damselfly at Howden Marsh.

Large Red Damselfly
Howden Marsh
14/05/2008
Maurice Gordon
Large Red Damselfly at Howden Marsh on 14/05/2008 - © Maurice Gordon
  

13th May

VC61

8 Red-eyed Damselfly and 2 Azure Damselfly at Hagg Bridge, Pocklington Canal.

Red-eyed Damselfly
Hagg Bridge, Pocklington Canal
13/05/2008
Paul Ashton
Red-eyed Damselfly at Hagg Bridge, Pocklington Canal on 13/05/2008 - © Paul Ashton

8 Four-spotted Chaser, 6 Large Red Damselfly and 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Leven Canal.

Four-spotted Chaser
Leven Canal
Michael Flowers
Four-spotted Chaser at Leven Canal on 13/05/2008 - © Michael Flowers
 

VC63

3 Large Red Damselfly and 2 Broad-bodied Chaser at Potteric Carr.
 

11th May

VC63

20+ Large Red Damselfly, 20+ Azure Damselfly and 1 teneral Blue-tailed Damselfly at Fairburn Ings.

8+ Large Red Damselfly and 2+ Four-spotted Chaser at Potteric Carr.
 

VC61

20+ Large Red Damselfly and 12  Four-spotted Chaser at Skipwith Common.

76 Large Red Damselfly at Langton.

20 Large Red Damselfly, 14 Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Azure Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly and 9 Red-eyed Damselfly at Leven Canal.

Red-eyed Damselfly
Leven Canal
Martin Hodges
Male Red-eyed Damselfly at Leven Canal on 11/05/2008 - © Martin Hodges
 

10th May

VC62

Large Red Damselfly at a pond in Pickering Wood.
 

VC61

51 Large Red Damselfly, 25 Common Blue Damselfly, 114 Variable Damselfly and 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands.

4 Four-spotted Chaser and 30+ Blue-tailed Damselfly at Spurn Point.

2 Large Red Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly at Welton Waters.

Blue-tailed Damselfly
Welton Waters
Blue-tailed Damselfly at Welton Waters on 10/05/2008 - © Maurice Gordon
 

9th May

VC61

Four-spotted Chaser at Spurn.

43 Variable Damselfly, 42 Large Red Damselfly and 3 Common Blue Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands.

Large Red Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands.
Female Large Red Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands on 09/05/2008 - © Martin Hodges

Female Variable Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands
Female Variable Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands on 09/05/2008 - © Martin Hodges

 

8th May

VC61

4 Large Red Damselfly at Eastrington Ponds.

10 Variable Damselfly and 35 Large Red Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands.

Variable Damselfly
Broomfleet Washlands
08/05/2008
Male Variable Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands on 08/05/2008 - © Paul Ashton

 

6th May

VC61

Azure Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands.
 

5th May

 

VC61

39 Large Red Damselfly at Langton.
 

4th May

 

VC61

Large Red Damselfly at Eastrington Ponds.
 

3rd May

 

VC61

 

2 Large Red Damselfly at Skipwith Common.
 
1+ Large Red Damselfly at Tophill Low.
   

2nd May

VC61

Large Red Damselfly at Eastrington Ponds.
   

 

 

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