BRENEY COMMON & BISSOE VALLEY.

WE HAVE BEEN OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER 

THE WEEKEND, MOSTLY TO BISSOE VALLEY BUT 

ALSO TO BRENEY COMMON FOR BLACK DARTER.

THIS USE TO BE THE MOST RELIABLE SPOT FOR 

THEM BUT THEY ARE NOW FEW AND FAR BETWEEN 

SINCE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THERE. 

WE ONLY FOUND 1 AFTER SEVERAL HOURS 

OF SEARCHING, SUCH A SHAME.

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

COMMON DARTER

COMMON DARTER

COMMON DARTER

COMMON DARTER

COMMON HAWKER

COMMON HAWKER

GOLDEN-RINGED

GOLDEN-RINGED

KEELED SKIMMER

MIGRANT HAWKER

MIGRANT HAWKER

MIGRANT HAWKER

SOUTHERN HAWKER

SOUTHERN HAWKER

 

BRENEY COMMON AND CROFT PASCOE

WE FINALLY GOT BLACK DARTER AT BRENEY COMMON, 

IT TOOK THREE VISITS BUT WAS WELL WORTH IT.

MOST OF THE REST WERE TAKEN AT CROFT PASCOE 

PLANTATION WHICH IS USUALLY BRILLIANT FOR HAWKERS

BUT HAD A VERY POOR SHOWING WHEN WE WERE THERE.

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

COMMON DARTER

COMMON DARTER

ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH CATERPILLAR

EMERALD DAMSELFLY

EMPEROR eating a Moth

EMPEROR

GRAYLING

GRAYLING

LIZARD sp.

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER

I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND ABOUT THE NEXT TWO.

ARE THEY COMMON OR MIGRANT?

THE COSTA APPEARS YELLOW, AS IN 

COMMON HAWKER BUT THE ABDOMEN DIPS 

AT THE END SO MAY BE MIGRANT HAWKER.

  

BRENEY COMMON

We had a great visit to Breney Common. The Black Darters and Purple Hairstreaks were

out and looking fresh but the Emperor Dragonflies were all looking a bit tatty.

Everything was either mating, laying or just emerged.

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER, IMM.

BLACK DARTER, FEMALE

BRIMSTONE

BRIMSTONE

BRIMSTONE

SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY

SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY

EMPEROR

EMPEROR, FEM

EMPEROR, FEM

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

SOUTHERN HAWKER, IMM

BLACK DARTER.



We went to Breney Common and saw a few male Black Darters, no females around.

The female at the bottom was taken 3 weeks ago in the same area.

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER, fem.