That made a nice change, a sunny warm interlude in the weather.
On Sunday while most were squinting down the scope into the glare of a
Northumberland sun rise for a tropical tern, we played it cool and headed
inland to one of our local upland patches for the first time in ages. Our
target? Odonata.
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A sea of Cotton Grass waving in the wind.
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Not another soul did we see.
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| The Pond. |
From the car, there is a walk of about a mile through forestry to get to the
best pond. On route it was quiet but we did have Raven, Redpolls and Cuckoo
calling while in clearfell a Tree Pipit showed well as it displayed next to the
ride.
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Displaying Tree Pipit
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As the morning warmed we took a sit and wait tactic beside the pond. It was
still and bright but it took another hour before it was warm enough for the
insects to emerge. Here we had lots of Large Red, Common Blue and Azure
Damselflies then the stars appeared. Four spotted Chasers and a beaut of a
male Broad bodied Chaser, still not too common up here.
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| Azure Damsel |
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A big Broad bodied Chaser. Stunner
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| Common Blue Damsel |
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Glittering Four spotted Chasers
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Newly emerged Four spotted Chaser.
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While we sat, we pondered the Bridled Tern on Coquet Island and half planned
to try this tea time but I couldnt make it, so Monday was the day for me...
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