A check of a couple of reliable dragonfly locations yeilded poor results today. Despite the warm weather, both sites are in upland locations and are subject to colder mean temperatures, meaning any dragonflies have either perished with the frosts or moved into warmer lowland areas.
Harwood Dale ponds only produced a single male southern hawker, which was already beginning to show signs of deteriation on the abdomen.
Blue Bank Quarry pond again only produced a single male black darter, a species which I am yet to get a satisfactory shot of despite taking so many photos of them.
With the wind turning easterly these may be the last dragons of the year, whilst my attention turns to migrant birds for the remainder of the autumn.
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