Two decent dragons were on the patch on the 13th; the Ruddy Darter pictured below and a Common Hawker.
My first record of either here in 7 or 8 years. Ruddy Darter is in decline in Lancashire.
Other odonata sightings in recent visits have included some of the first Migrant Hawkers, ovipositing Common Darters and building numbers of Emerald damsels.
The bird scene has been less interesting, with two adult Meds and a Greenshank the best I could manage today.
Human disturbance to the estuary doesn't let up. Birds are forced onto the relative safety of the lip of Colloway Marsh...and then jet-skis move them on again. The conduct of a 'professional' dog-walker with eight off-lead canines on the marshes today was anything but.
DH.
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