Skip to content
UK Wildlife
Talks and Wildlife Photography
UK WildlifeUK Wildlife
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Photography gear
      • Pentax K-3 review
      • Pentax DA*300mm Review
    • Wildlife gardening
    • Books
    • TV
  • Talks
  • Blog
  • Gallery
    • My Portfolio
    • Competition Success
    • Amphibians
    • Birds
      • Birds of Prey
      • Grouse
      • Herons
      • Tits
    • Reptiles
    • Pond creatures
      • Aquatic insects
        • Dragonfly nymphs
        • Water beetlesWater beetles
        • True bugs
          • Greater water boatmen
          • Water scorpions
          • Surface dwellers
        • Mayflies
        • Alderfly
        • Aquatic Flies
        • Caddisflies
        • Stoneflies
      • Aquatic Arachnids
      • Aquatic molluscs
      • Aquatic worms and leeches
      • Flatworms
      • Freshwater Crustaceans
  • Contact
    • Profile
  • Links
  • Photo Tuition
  • Pondman shop
  • Podcast
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Photography gear
      • Pentax K-3 review
      • Pentax DA*300mm Review
    • Wildlife gardening
    • Books
    • TV
  • Talks
  • Blog
  • Gallery
    • My Portfolio
    • Competition Success
    • Amphibians
    • Birds
      • Birds of Prey
      • Grouse
      • Herons
      • Tits
    • Reptiles
    • Pond creatures
      • Aquatic insects
        • Dragonfly nymphs
        • Water beetlesWater beetles
        • True bugs
          • Greater water boatmen
          • Water scorpions
          • Surface dwellers
        • Mayflies
        • Alderfly
        • Aquatic Flies
        • Caddisflies
        • Stoneflies
      • Aquatic Arachnids
      • Aquatic molluscs
      • Aquatic worms and leeches
      • Flatworms
      • Freshwater Crustaceans
  • Contact
    • Profile
  • Links
  • Photo Tuition
  • Pondman shop
  • Podcast

Tag Archives: Aeshna

You are here:
  1. Home
  2. Entries tagged with "Aeshna"

Southern Migrant or Blue Eyed Hawkers at Wat Tyler Country Park 2016

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 28, 2016Leave a comment

The Southern Migrant or Blue Eyed Hawkers have appeared again at Wat Tyler Country Park. Here is a statement that needs reading before going any further. We are pleased to say that the Southern Migrant Hawker dragonfly has been seen once again in Wat Tyler Country Park. Due to issues in previous years with the…

Norfolk hawker and other wildlife from RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

Arachnid, insect, Norfolk, odonata, spiders, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 5, 20151 Comment

Back in June I had visit to RSPB Strumpshaw Fen in Norfolk, one of my favourite reserves. I decided to do an anti clockwise loop and started in the area near the ‘Doctors Garden.’ The sun decided to disappear behind the cloud as I arrived around lunchtime, so I wasn’t holding up much hope of…

Southern migrant hawker at Wat Tyler CP, Essex update 31-7-15

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 1, 2015Leave a comment

Please the read introduction text on this post first HERE (which also has some other useful info) First of all sorry for the lack of updates, I’ve heard through the grapevines of reports being posted elsewhere in the last week, but until today I haven’t had a decent view since Saturday, due to the weather…

Southern Migrant hawker Aeshna affinis at Wat Tyler Country park update 23-7-15

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 23, 20151 Comment

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST – if you share any Southern migrant hawker sightings  from Wat Tyler CP please link/post the text in bold on this link Can everyone please keep to the paths and boardwalks and avoid trampling any surrounding pond vegetation, as the park is an SSSI.  If similar trampling/damage is caused in this year as was…

Southern migrant hawker in Wat Tyler CP Essex 2015

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 21, 20156 Comments

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST – if you share any Southern migrant hawker sightings from Wat Tyler CP please link/post the bold text below Please forgive the possibly lecturing tone to the below, it is hard to write something, like this without it coming out that way! 🙂 In 2013 after sighting this dragonfly species in…

Migrant hawker

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 6, 2014Leave a comment

A few shots of a couple of male migrant hawkers I photographed recently. This male was pretty cooperative, if perched a little high to compose a shot with easily, so I had to use live view with my arms at full stretch. I stayed long enough for a wide angle shot. I later found a…

Migrant hawker dragonfly in flight

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 2, 2014Leave a comment

A few photos from 2012 of a Migrant hawker dragonfly in flight

Migrant hawkers in flight at Rainham Marshes

Essex, insect, odonata, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 9, 2013Leave a comment

On Sunday I popped into RSPB Rainham Marshes in hope of finding some water voles. I had no luck but did find a couple of cooperative migrant hawker males. Sadly the light was not so cooperative m, with the sun increasingly dissappearing behind clouds, and doing so as the dragonfly hovering in front of me!…

Marsh Frog and Migrant Hawker swarm at Rainham marshes

amphibian, Essex, frog, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 30, 2013Leave a comment

On bank Holiday Monday I popped into Rainham Marshes for the day. There had been masses of good birds the previous two days, which were long gone by then! There were however loads of marsh frogs. I wanted a low angle shot, but the boardwalks and paths are 50cm or so above water level. luckily…

Southern migrant hawker Aeshna affinis at Wat Tyler Park, Essex 2013

Essex, insect, odonata, Uncategorized, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 2, 20132 Comments

Regular blog readers will know I am lucky enough to frequent a place that last year had daily sightings of the recently colonising Southern migrant hawker Aeshna affinis, in fact its possible I spent more time than anyone else observing them last year. A month or 2 ago I was emailed about them by James…

12
 Dream-Theme — truly premium WordPress themes
  • Main The7 Demo
  • Support Portal
  • Purchase The7
Useful links
Go to Top