Shellingford Pit: 30 May

2 Four-spotted Chasers
1 Broad-bellied Chaser
2 Red-eyed Damsels
3 Blue-tailed Damsels

Four-spotted Chaser (c) Stephen Burch

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All records welcome

Otmoor Insect

Anyone have a name for this beautifully coloured Fly on Otmoor? 

Winging the Blues in Oxon - 27 & 28th May

Aston Rowant Adonis

Small Blue at Hagbourne railway embankment

Common Blue

Brown Argus

Eds: More on Peters superb Ramblings and Scribblings Blog

Goring 27th May

Manage to find a Club-tailed Dragonfly crawling out of the river at the railway bridge at Goring this afternoon. I was treated to point-blank views whilst it dried off in a nearby tree before it flew off.

Freshly emerged Club-tailed Dragonfly

Otmoor Damsels - 25th May

Help with ID-ing these damselfly forms would be appreciated. My guesses are in the captions

Female Azure?

Female Azure?

Female Azure?

Immature Red-eyed?

Day Flying Moths

                                                               Silver-ground Carpet

                                                           Small Yellow Underwing

Goring Railway Bridge: 23rd May

Club-tailed Dragonfly emergence!

(c) Stephen Burch

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Otmoor RSPB: 23rd May

Otmoor.21st May.

Hairy Caterpillar (the size of an Elephant Hawk Moth).

Otmoor.

Roe Deer.

Common Weevil.

I'm awake and I'm Hungry!

                                              Female Banded Demoiselle and May-Fly

Otmoor 13th May.

Downy Emerald.

Broad-bodied Chaser (imm).

Downy Emerald was seen half way up to the first screen C.9:30 A.M.
per K.C.& P.G.

Otmoor Reptiles...

Common Lizards on Otmoor recently courtesy of Mary Clifton.

Greater Celandine

Day Flying Micro Moth

                       Pyrausta nigrata (Wavy-barred Sable) Forewing length 7-8mm

Otmoor 11th May.

Four-spotted Chaser.

Water Violet.

Roe Deer