Ruddy Darters at Priory Meadow

[Colin Adams]

Last week I glimpsed a blood-red abdomen being chased offby a common darter. Not enough for a verified record for what I guess is a new species for the site (but perhaps recorded prior to 2010?), but now I am sure as I saw at least two males today.

[Allen Holmes]

Colin, 

Do you think these are migrants with the recent weather? 

Yesterday, when I saw a male at Brockholes,  I also saw another probable in flight nearby. The rest of the pool is difficult to cover because of overgrown vegetation. There could be others. 

Although mine was holding territory, I think they are almost certainly  migrants.

Allen.

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On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 13:58, Colin Adams

<colinpa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Last week I glimpsed a blood-red abdomen being chased offby a common darter. Not enough for a verified record for what I guess is a new species for the site (but perhaps recorded prior to 2010?), but now I am sure as I saw at least two males today.

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[Colin Adams]

I suspect it is dispersal from the coastal strongholds.

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