I spent most of the day Bittern monitoring on Shapwick Heath NNR, of course, most of my attention was focussed on the Bitterns, but when you're sat in a reedbed for several hours its impossible not to notice a few other things:
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Hobbies reached their highest count of the year, with 28 overhead at one time
including these 2 together |
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| This male Bearded Tit gave great views but never showed his whole self at one time |
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| Damselflies: i'll try and identify them later! |
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| Reed Warblers were singing all over the place |
The Damselflies look like Variable Damselflies to me. Note the broken antehumeral stripe on the male and the mercury mark on segment 2 of the blue female.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brett. I'm still getting my head around these little blue things, but those are some useful pointers
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