So far it has been an excellent year for the Southern Hawker dragonfly in our area. In the last few days I have recorded 9 freshly emerged insects, with 5 noted today at Caldene Fields. They seem to love garden…
During the last few months I have noticed a welcome upsurge in local and non local people visiting Raw Nook NR. In addition some have been interested in our wildlife and have stopped for a chat. I have been asked…
Yesterday due to the lovely autumn sunshine I thought I would survey the dragonflies at Toad holes Beck. As I was walking opposite the middle pond I noticed a blueish dragonfly. I first thought Oh! an Emperor but it looked…
It’s been a busy few days…Firstly I attended a meeting on the 8th of August at Dealburn Road with members of YWT and Bradford council to discuss in the main the future of the site. There were some very encouraging…
I have recently been conducting survey work at Raw Nook nr concentrating mainly on insects i.e. moths, hoverflies and other general insect orders. I am trying to build up a more comprehensive species lists for the insects that breed and…
Today in the sunshine and the brisk wind I glanced what I thought was a dragonfly at Caldene Fields. A closer look and I was right it was a Southern Hawker and it was egg laying! A fairly rare event…
Found a Migrant Hawker Dragonfly at Raw Nook Nr yesterday…a first for the site. The dragonfly as you can see from the photo’s appears to be newly emerged and could well have bred at the site…
