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It did not feel that warm today but there was a lot more dragonfly and damselfly activity with the three Blue Damsels and Large Red in the woodland. This also means that there must be more, smaller insect life for them to feast on... Blue-tails (Mark Vale) Large Red (Chris Lowe) ...

Well certainly not today but on Wednesday there was glorious sunshine in the afternoon and a wealth of insect life was to be seen including Common Darters and Migrant Hawkers , Peacock and Red Admiral butterflies and quite a few bees and wasps! Peacock (Andy Tweed) Several marsh Frogs and Water...

Sheltered spots and sunny patches are the places to look for some of our late insects and yes, I do know that I keep telling you about the same ones but it is getting late and there is still enjoyment to be had from the remaining predatory Darters and Migrant Hawkers and the last Commas and Red Admirals...

I wonder just how many Darters and Migrant Hawkers there are over the marsh at the moment. Certainly hundreds, if not more. A couple of late Emperors have been seen and Banded Demoiselles have again visited in the last week. Common Darter (Tony Coombs) Female Emperor eating a Common darter...

Strangely enough there was not a lot of time for blogging over the weekend so here is a little roundup of the incredibly successful Insect Afternoon walk on Saturday when temperatures were not far of 30c. Bit too warm for most critters but we persevered and everyone had a great time. Annie, Chris and...

5-9-12

Three summers ago something amazing happened along the Thames coastal marshes when the presence of a small number of a very rare dragonfly were discovered. Up until then there had only been two records of Southern Migrant Hawker in the UK and here they were breeding on the south Essex Marshes at Benfleet...

Well, things certainly warmed up this afternoon after the dank start that I had and the sky was full of more Migrant Hawkers than I care to imagine. At one stage from the end of the ramp there must have been over 50 in view at all heights as the zoomed around looking for other insect prey. With them...

It is worth lingering on the bridges at the moment, not only for the chance of seeing Water Voles, Little Grebes, flicking warblers and even cruising Rudd but also for the chance of seeing some of the many dragonflies and damsels that are doing very well in the suddenly warmer conditions.. Small...

Taken on the Meadow