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Bittern, Fishers Green, January 2023

Dragonflies & Butterflies 13th to 17th July 2022

7/19/2022

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With the hot weather, some local trips for Butterflies and Dragonflies. Mostly Hertford Heath and Balls Wood but also at East End Green. Firstly some Butterflies including Purple Hairstreak.
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Gatekeeper
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Peacock
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Meadow Brown 
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Comma
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Large Skipper
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And finally, Brown Argus
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I came across a few other interesting creatures including this Cinnabar Moth caterpillar, Forest Bug and Meadow Grasshoppers.
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So now on to the Dragonflies, and a new site for me, an old quarry at East End Green which held a lot of Emperors.
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The lake also held good numbers of Red-eyed Damselflies.
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Freshly emerged Common Darter.
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And my first Willow Emerald of the season.
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But the Dragonfly highlights had to be at the brick pits on Hertford Heath, with initially the start of the Ruddy Darter season.
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There are usually a few Scarce Emerald Damselflies there, so it was good to find this one, even with the ponds almost completely dried out.
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But the big surprise was a male Southern Migrant Hawker. My first ever sighting in Hertfordshire, but it appears they are spreading from their strongholds in Essex and Kent.
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A very enjoyable few days locally!
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