Northants had its first record of Norfolk Hawker several weeks ago when Dave Holden saw one near Thrapston. While this sighting was welcomed by county ode watchers it's fair to say that few anticipated developments over the last couple of days. Several more were reported from Wicksteed Park yesterday and it's safe to say that this news got a few tails twitching! Several people popped in this morning and met with success which meant my wait for work to finish today seemed like quite a long one!
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| Norfolk Hawkers |
Two o'clock did eventually come around and it wasn't long after that happy event that Alan Shorrock and I made our way over to the fishing lake at Wickies. I have a poor record twitching uncommon odes in the county so I was not over brimming with confidence when we arrived but any doubts that I harboured were soon put to rest. The hawkers revealed themselves within minutes of us getting there and they were very obliging too when it came to posing for pics. As someone that has been looking for Norfolk Hawkers in the county for several years it was great to see them at what looks to be a new colony - exciting times indeed.
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| Black-tailed Skimmers, Beautiful Demoiselle and Variable Damselfly |
The hawkers were great of course but it was not a solo performance and they had a good supporting cast. Foremost amongst them was my first Beautiful Demoiselle at the site, a freshly emerged male. Variable Damsels are still showing and I was also pleased to see my first Black=tailed Skimmers of the year. Other odes on show were Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red, Azure, Common Blue and Red-eyed Damselflies and also Banded Demoiselle. Other wildlife was scarce, the obly butterfly was a Meadow Brown while the best bird was a Cetti's Warbler.
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| Green-eyed monster! |
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