Yorkshire sightings

May 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 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.   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 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, 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 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 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 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 at Tophill Low on 17/05/2008 - © Paul Ashton   14th May VC64 20+ Blue-tailed Damselfly at Hay-a-Park, Knaresborough.     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 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 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 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. 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 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. Female Large Red Damselfly at Broomfleet Washlands on 09/05/2008 - © Martin Hodges 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. 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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