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Dragonfly Workshop 2017

25/6/2017

 
We met in the Board room at The Barn in Bamber Bridge, courtesy of Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Colin Adams, Society member and Dragonfly expert,  gave us an in depth presentation on dragonflies and damselflies, plus tips on recognition in the field, for just over an hour. By this time the rain had stopped and it was brightening up. We explored different areas of the Cuerden Valley and gradually saw more species, as the day got warmer. In total we saw 9 species, which is an impressive total, for the area, on an average June day. The 9 of us who attended the workshop completed the day having learnt how to identify different species and where to look in order to find them.
 
A successful day was had by all!


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Dragonflies & Damselflies:
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Banded Demoiselle

Azure Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Emerald Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser
Brown Hawker
Common Darter
Flora:

1.       Daisy
2.       Dandelion
3.       Creeping buttercup
4.       Common nettle
5.       Herb Robert
6.       Ox-eye daisy
7.       Enchanter’s nightshade
8.       Meadow buttercup
9.       Ribwort plantain
10.   Cleavers
11.   Lesser burdock
12.   Creeping thistle
13.   Hedge parsley
14.   Red clover
15.   Greater plantain
16.   White clover
17.   Hogweed
18.   Hemlock water dropwort
19.   Wood avens
20.   Himalayan balsam
21.   Broad leaved willowherb
22.   Spear thistle
23.   Common ragwort
24.   Common spotted orchids + hybrids
25.   Southern marsh orchid+ hybrids
26.   Greater willowherb
27.   Bramble
28.   Red campion
29.   Nipplewort
30.   Bush vetch
31.   Groundsol
32.   Bee orchid
33.   Hedge woundwort
34.   Yellow rattle
35.   White campion
36.   Ragged robin
37.   Yellow flag
38.   Marsh thistle
39.   Water forget me not
40.   Gypsywort
41.   Marsh bedstraw
42.   Green figwort
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