Immediately on arrival at Bouldnor this afternoon a female Southern Emerald was seen at the smaller of the two breeding scrapes. It must be said that this is the first sign of any Southern Emerald activity at this scrape this season.While observing her she suddenly and purposefully flew off and paired with a male just a few feet away.Hopefully this behaviour will now continue until well into September.
Moving on to the larger scrape and despite a prolonged search only one mature male Southern Emerald was recorded.However I am sure that numbers will again increase over the next few days.
Pleased you found them. One I've yet to see in the UK. I have tried at Canvey Island where they have been seen, but at least plenty of Scarce Emerald + especially southern Migrant Hawkers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Conehead54.Yes I have seen many reports of Southern Migrant Hawkers from that area and elsewhere.I hope you track down the SED somewhere on the mainland.
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