Gib Point

Edmund Mackrill · **Posted:** Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:31 pm

Nice hot weather much loved by Dragonflies - an 11 species day at Gib.

Emerald Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Small Red-eyed Damselfly
Red-eyed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Ruddy Darter
Red-veined Darter
Four Spot Chaser
Black-tailed Skimmer
Brown Hawker
Emperor Dragonfly

Edmund Mackrill · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:03 pm

Had Common Blue Damselfly and Common Darter today - so 13 species present at the moment

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:37 pm

Would have been nice for more than just a passing reference to the prescence of Red-veined Darter on the reserve,as iam sure there are other observers who would be interested in seeing this nationally rare species.

Steve.

Colin Pumfrett · **Joined:** Wed May 25, 2005 3:26 pm **Posts:** 223

I went there on saturday hoping to see one but i failed miserably.

Colin.

Edmund Mackrill · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:00 pm

Hi, apologies for not posting more info regarding the Red-veined Darter - I had no idea of it's scarcity. I have been seeing them ( 1 or 2 ) flying right out over the Mere - a telescope is really needed. In the good light we have been having the wings flash red. Kev Wilson flushed one from near the Freshwater Marsh path a couple of days ago.
I was at Gib all day on Saturday Collin - can't imagine how I missed you.

Edmund

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:17 am

It looks like Gib is one of the few coastal areas in our region where they have hung on from the 2006 influx,most of the other colonies died out including the one at Barton,which unfortunately was part of a flood re-alignment scheme.

Steve.

Kev Wilson · **Posted:** Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:56 pm

The red-veined darters have colonised previously and maintained a small populartion for a ccouple of years before dying out, but seems like they are back.

They really dont tend to frequent the smaller waterbodies and the Mere seems to be the best place to see them - they are fairly regularly seen on the tracks - like the recent male I saw on the track by the Mere - it seemed to be territorial here in a nice warm spot. I have seen them on the paths to the hides at Tennyson's very regulary in the past too - this waterbody could be ideal for them too in terms of size but maybe a bit brackish for successful breeding.

We saw a brown darter on the outer ridge yesterday where we presumed it would be a nes wrrival so probably different to Ed's sighting. There have been less tham 10 of those seen here.

Good news concerning emerald damsel - we thought this was on the way out - but an encouraging set of records this season - maybe attributable to more people looking of course

Cheers

Kev

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:38 am

Thanks for the info Kev and keep an eye out for those Willow and Southern Emerald Damsels,as the Willows are just coming on the wing again in Suffolk and there was a Southern-emerald in Kent last week,Gib and Rimac look perfect for this species!.

Steve.

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