Yardley Chase field trip

This year's field trip to Yardley Chase came at the ed of a solid week of rain and suffered a little from the aftermath. The morning started off sunny but soon clouded over with the occasional burst of sun. Downy Emeralds are OK with this weather and in fact, it kept the Four-spotted Chasers away and gave the male Downys free reign over the best territories with minimal interaction with the Chasers.

Another highlight was finding an emerging Southern Hawker, which was very close to an emerging Four-spot that we found, bu we either missed the Hawker or she came out while we weren't looking. A couple of Emperors including an egg-laying female and the usual smattering of Damsels completed the day.

Male Downy Emerald

Emerging female Southern Hawker