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03-11-2006, 04:00 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
On 1 November, albeit in a sunny spot sheltered from the cold NW wind, I saw Red Admirals, Common Darter, and a Common Hawker that I managed to snap.
Haven't really been out since but the frost must finally be taking its toll.
Colin |
03-11-2006, 04:02 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
saw a number of red admirals today and a dragonfly a hawker?, i was in the car |
03-11-2006, 04:04 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
Seen a lot of Red Admirals about. Eveen one flying about in the garden at 4pm when the sun had gone and was freezing out there. |
03-11-2006, 04:07 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
Out and about around Glastonbury,Wells, Bridgewater(carnival night)encountered
lots of Red Admiral,but lots I could not get close enough to ID
a Red Admiral joined the lioness and I in a Bridgewater shop (jools)
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03-11-2006, 04:22 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
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Originally Posted by colincurry On 1 November, albeit in a sunny spot sheltered from the cold NW wind, I saw Red Admirals, Common Darter, and a Common Hawker that I managed to snap.
Haven't really been out since but the frost must finally be taking its toll.
Colin | Are you absolutely sure it was a Common Hawker?
It would be a rare sighting for South-East England, they tend to be a species of higher ground and thus are far more common in the North and west. I've never quite understood why it was given the name common!!
What you saw given your location in the UK was far more likely to have been a male Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta.
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03-11-2006, 04:55 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
I've seen two red admirals and one very beaten up common darter,it looked very much on it's last legs sadly. 
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03-11-2006, 05:45 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
Seen one red admiral today in my garden. I think it's amazing that these creatures are still out and about even though it has been freezing over the last week or two. I think this is the latest butterfly in the year I have ever seen. They may look fragile but their not really! Regards Nicola.
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03-11-2006, 06:16 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
1 Red Admiral, c10 Common Darters (including pair in tandem) + 5 Harlequin Ladybirds at London Wetland Centre today. |
03-11-2006, 06:59 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
The two Red Admirals were out in the churchyard again at midday today along with quite a few flies including a couple of hoverflies. |
03-11-2006, 07:23 PM
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| | | Re: Autumn Butterflies
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Originally Posted by colincurry On 1 November, albeit in a sunny spot sheltered from the cold NW wind, I saw Red Admirals, Common Darter, and a Common Hawker that I managed to snap.
Haven't really been out since but the frost must finally be taking its toll.
Colin | 
I am open to correction as ever. Looks like a Common Hawker to me from Chinery but there are better images in WAB. I have asked for a definitive dragonfly book for Christmas after which there will be no excuses.
By the way, I live in east Anglia and not the South-East.
I await the experts' verdict.
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