New, for the year, dragonflies

SW to W fresh wind. Mainly overcast, but some sunny spells.

Ocean Edge foreshore and saltmarsh 

Mediterranean gull 1 second calendar year out from the saltmarsh with

c140 Black-Headed gull

The only wader was a single Lapwing

Middleton Nature Reserve 

I just checked the western side (MD)

Once again the day flying moths outnumbered the butterflies 

Moths:

Burnet Companion 5

Cinnabar 2

Mother Shipton 1

Butterflies:

Speckled Wood 3

Small Tortoiseshell 1

Small Heath 1

Dragonflies 

Not many over the only water bodies I checked, the small scrapes on the western marsh. Just Emperors patrolling.

But sheltering from the cool breeze were

Black-tailed skimmer 1 (female or immature male)

Southern Hawker 1 (immature male, I think) - first record of the year

Southern Hawker

Janet took these shots:

Common Whitethroat 

Common Darter - first record this year