On 14 May, Chris Emary reported seeing this year's first Beautiful Demoiselle on the River Tove at Greens Norton. On the same day, Freddie Ingall and Alison Lowe found 4 immature Scarce Chasers on the River Nene at Titchmarsh Nature Reserve.
On 15 May, Chris saw a pair of Broad-bodied Chasers at Greens Norton.
On 16 May Chris found White-legged Damselflies on the River Nene at Upron Mill near Rothersthorpe.
I visited a few sites over the weekend and found 20+ emerging Four-spotted Chasers and 30+ emerging Downy Emeralds at their only site in the County. A visit to the Nene at Lilford failed to find any Scarce Chasers, although I popped to Twywell and found 1 male Broad-bodied Chaser. I have been searching the Whitestones Ponds for the last three weeks of so and failed to find any emerging Broad-bodied Chasers, so I am at a loss to know how I missed this one! This is one species I vowed learn more about this year, but I remain in the dark about where it emerges.
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| Downy Emerald emerging |
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| Downy Emerald emerging |
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| Four-spotted Chaser |
