7th August 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

female Emperor dragonfly ovipositing

male Emperor dragonfly

Speckled Wood


Swift 1 headed west
Red Kite 1 flew east 13:23 over Hither Field
Chiffchaff 7 calling
Blackcap 2 calling
Green-veined White 1
Small White 1
Large White 1
Comma 3
Peacock 1
Speckled Wood 2
Gatekeeper now the most widespread species
Common Blue 3
Chalkhill Blue 2; only 1 m 1 fem in Stagbury
Purple Hairstreak 1; Holly Lane Meadows
Azure Damselfly 4
Common Darter
1
Southern Hawker 3
Emperor dragonfly
2 at Outwood Lane pond
Migrant Hawker 8