Stover Country Park
…include a Hairy Dragonfly laying eggs on a floating log, the first Downy Emerald exuviae I have seen, a Tawny Owl being loudly mobbed by a gang of smaller birds…
…include a Hairy Dragonfly laying eggs on a floating log, the first Downy Emerald exuviae I have seen, a Tawny Owl being loudly mobbed by a gang of smaller birds…
…vegetation and surrounding trees. As a result, a substantial list of 13 dragonflies and 10 damselflies breed here, including Hairy Dragonfly, Downy Emerald, Scarce Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly and White-legged Damselfly….
…to the Hertfordshire list was a Southern Emerald Damselfly, Lestes barbarus, that was found in a St Albans garden in July 2021. Further information about the survey and the species…
Title image: Common Darter by Graham Taplin…
…of Four-spotted Chaser can be seen, alongside Common Hawker, Golden-ringed, Black Darter and Common Darter Dragonflies. A large number of Damselflies can also be seen with Emerald, Blue-tailed and Northern…
…such as the Broad-bodied Chaser, the Large Red Damselfly, the Southern Hawker, the Common Hawker and the Emerald Damselfly. Amphibians are also abundant, with both smooth and palmate newts present….