I was back home for the day to return the first shipment of junk from my house at Uni and whilst waiting for my dad to get home I had a little walk round Arlesey fishing lakes just north of the a507.
In about 30mins I had ncie views of a male grey wagtail caring for some fledglings along the river:
male:
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gEKs4eJm6Y5L6EZBdzK5r3BZyfHksGaJGgF9aEGhZZUGyQjoUKZpVQUK5lRy2GBNntMguXw_I3mkjTUkaqan3IAL-5hoO8vz9hmJ47RVUl33QT742ov_IJl-ejbMHPrmVdKMTMG-XzuD/s400/GreyWagtail_Arlesey_07.06.09.jpg)
one of at least 3 fledglings:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwNlhy0WMWdiGaMR1WW_HrGu4pyx9G09s5OcexpTQk-I2GRDpjnf0a-lWD72E6xDMez8b7uJBXCMkCHaTStprNfYfmxGB6aIYTZ7NABZvduN-K1N_befUaa6Ur5jkeHeMtfUz_-PhSyjk/s400/greywagggg.jpg)
There were also many house martins feeding over the lakes and one common tern fishing along the river. A common whitethroat was also seen carrying food.
The reeds were filled with banded demoiselle and blue tailed damselflies:
Male banded demoiselle:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzL-Ucw-8Mhb7P2hQMgcRI0VDp9vfiZeZ1QDeeeZc1dFv2AYOx9DDxOGdQSR0I_yBER6y7UpNFfrAzgSfuOXhqYbydk-kDTp7PPAvJFpKTB2A3YTEDnY5PZZOAOomTR8_JImvB0mSblxXu/s400/BandedDamosel_Arlesey_07.06.09.jpg)
Female Blue tailed damselfy:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqvxW1E6ZA3KJENzYJ-2RHleE6_Suy5kalibF1JVQ228hG2daVavJSVZmgzy422WVZgA6zPEJ6enUHZ0RE5JR4_VtEhok5J7PM_Jmj135q0BR_JCFbXdReTPnyoGpNNrBMgyMvcFh4wM1/s400/BlueTailedDamsel_Arlesey_07.06.09.jpg)
There were smaller numbers of common blue damselfly:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Eq5Yl7DjxZC_7bSSw_4GJ5-EVaV55hiplZi1n6bhzmCzK1XoQsVJBm5PBc2VwpmBOYk18KtUlhN89sx6X2Ss7xvQGA9zEDyLyqBqlJu2mKZ_AeX3SGuu7LLzMbMN00bwS7wxbBWk_XsV/s400/CommonBlueDamselfly_Arlesey_07.06.09.jpg)
and finally a few red eyed damselflies:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfa1SkeWSa2CcrnkFtSvnRJWhWjTwCEHjpi3fjGPWvPVqR0SWChHVI4NM0eypsQTTuWreaVhwbKBM1tSMDbVxUY3xEql94BrDmP-NjI-x_duIRxQJi1a2K_zOmS2dv4AkbheD7jwnhK62H/s400/RedEyedDamselfly_Arlesey_07.06.09.jpg)
All the best,
Dan
1 comment:
Hi Dan,
abit of a random one, but it appears you are gaining symptons of the twitching bug. I might be going for the pallid swift in merseyside somepoint next week (3rd attempt).Just wondered whether you would be interested, if your still about in hampshire. drop me an e-mail ginge-meister@hotmail.co.uk your interested.
thanks, Ashley Howe
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