Femaile Hairy Dragonfly photographed at brockholes

[Colin Adams]

Photographed by John Wright and Ken Hayes at midday today. I can confirm the id.

Is this a first confirmed sighting for the county?

[Steve White]

It's the first confirmed record for political Lancashire and for Vice-county 60 and the first female in the two recording areas.

But there was a male in VC 59 in North Merseyside at Lunt Meadows on 17-24 May 2020 and unconfirmed but probable records at Martin Mere in 2011 and Brookhouse (SD56) in 2020.

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[Steve White]

Actually there have been two in VC59 - another male on the River Alt in Formby on 6 June last year.

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Subject: [lancashire-dragonflies] Femaile Hairy Dragonfly photographed at brockholes

Photographed by John Wright and Ken Hayes at midday today. I can confirm the id.

Is this a first confirmed sighting for the county?

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[Steve White]

A Norfolk Hawker photographed at Amberswood Common, Wigan on 19 June by David Tyler.

Another brilliant record for the area.

Photo attached.

Steve.

[Steve White]

One more for the Lancashire list.

After last year's record at Amberswood Common in Wigan, which I thought might prove to be a one-off, I received another record a week or so back of one at Red Moss, Horwich then more recently of another at Amberswood, suggesting they bred there last year.

And today - a perfect photograph of one in a garden in Blackpool! Attached.

Something appears to be going on.

Steve.

[stevew...@btinternet.com]

And yet again photographed in a garden. The third for Lancs as i recall (will check). All have been males and in Blackpool. Surely no coincidence? Suspect they may be breeding on a less-visited site. Perhaps on farmland.

 

No records from Amberswood Common in Wigan yet this year where we think they may have bred last year. But weather has been awful.

 

Steve.