We're in August and the focus now turns to hawkers and darters at Bickershaw.
Today there were at least two southern hawkers, two migrant hawkers and one
probable common hawker in amongst the brown hawkers and emperors that have
been around for a while. Southern and migrant hawker are often seen patrolling
glades in woodland and can occasionally show very well. Common hawker is much
rarer in this area, though I know that they have been seen at Bickershaw this
year.
Star of the show today though was the stunning emperor shown in the photo at
the top of the post, which was the first that I have ever managed to
photograph. They just never seem to land!
Female southern hawker.
Common hawker? I think it probably is but I'll need to see it much better than
this.
Male common darter.
Female broad-bodied chaser. It had earlier been seen ovipositing.
Common blue damselfly.
An orange pond typical of slag heaps at old coal mines, caused by the oxidation of iron.
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