It was a fairly breezy day but the tall vegetation sheltered much of the survey route. The most numerous species by far was the meadow brown with 305 recorded. Of the dragonflies the brown hawker was the most abundant and one was seen catching a butterfly on the wing.
Three moths were seen on the survey including, dusky sallow and silver Y along with many micro moths.
The full list is as follows;
|
3 |
Black tailed skimmer |
|
2 |
Blue-tailed damselfly |
|
22 |
Brown hawker |
|
9 |
Common blue damselfly |
|
1 |
Dusky sallow |
|
78 |
Essex skipper |
|
5 |
Gatekeeper |
|
1 |
Large red damselfly |
|
11 |
Large skipper |
|
305 |
Meadow brown |
|
70 |
Peacock |
|
5 |
Red Admiral |
|
5 |
Ringlet |
|
1 |
Ruddy darter |
|
1 |
Scarce chaser |
|
2 |
Silver Y |
|
58 |
Small skipper |
|
40 |
Small tortoiseshell |
|
24 |
Small white |
Helen Bailey (Great Fen Reserves Officer)