24th Jul 2022: Small Red-eyed Damselflies

On Tuesday Mark Ribbons had a Yellow-legged Gull.

Courtesy and copyright of Mark Ribbons

There were 3 Little Ringed Plovers on Wednesday evening, an adult and 2 juveniles.

Friday morning a Redshank flew in and lingered for a little bit but was apparently gone later in the morning and a Peregrine flew over. Mike Pollard had 2 Common Terns late morning which stayed until c.5:25 when they flew off north and John had 4 Ravens fly over in the afternoon.

Yesterday afternoon there was a Common Tern and an immature (3CY?) Yellow-legged Gull flew in briefly. I also had a really good look for odonata and found we Small Red-eyed Damselflies on site (a new species here), with 9 seen along the river and 35+ at the Borrow Pit pool with pairs ovipositing there. I also saw a female Brown Argus in Reg's meadow and a Clouded Yellow up by the Borrow Pit.

Comparison of size between Red-eyed (left) and Small Red-eyed (right) 

This morning a Common Tern dropped in briefly and Clive had 2 Ravens over. John also spotted a colour ringed Black-headed Gull, which we think is EMK1 and would have been ringed in the Netherlands.

Courtesy and copyright of JFT