{"id":9387,"date":"2024-09-02T10:42:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/?p=9387"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:41:07","slug":"dragonflies-september-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/dragonflies-september-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragonflies: September 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Saturday 21st<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A hot day on RSPB Worth saw lots of Odonata activity. At least 35 Migrant Hawkers and 70 Common Darters were seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Thursday 19th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A late-ish Ruddy Darter was in the Dragonfly Pond fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tuesday 17th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two Willow Emerald Damselflies were in the Observatory carpark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Thursday 13th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Five Willow Emerald Damselflies, 28 Migrant Hawkers, and five Common Darters were on RSPB Worth marshes.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9638\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9638 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Common-Darter-Jun24-SReynaert.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Common-Darter-Jun24-SReynaert.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Common-Darter-Jun24-SReynaert-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Common-Darter-Jun24-SReynaert-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/Common-Darter-Jun24-SReynaert-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Darter by S.Reynaert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Thursday 12th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Seven Willow Emerald Damselflies and a few Common Darters were on the Green Wall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tuesday 3rd<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At least one <strong>SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY<\/strong> was seen today, but the strengthening wind made it very difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 21st A hot day on RSPB Worth saw lots of Odonata activity. 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