Decoy Heath and Burghfield Bridge - 16th May 2019

Primarily a Dragonfly outing, first stop at Decoy Heath, a small reserve, little used with hardlky detectable paths. Had gone in hope of Downy Emerald, but no luck, three Four-spotted Skimmers and a few Large Red Damselfies and Varibale Damselfly. A few Butterlfies were out with Dingy and Grizzled Skippers, Small Heath, Green Hairstreak and Brimstone.

 Large Red Damselfly

Variable Damselfly

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Dingy Skipper

 Grizzled Skipper

Green Hairstreak

After lunch at a very convinent pub at Burghfiled Bridge a walk along the canal for more Varibale Damselflies, followed by a quick drop into Theale GP to see four distant Black Terns and a large number of emerging Common Blue Damselfies.

Beautiful Demoiselle 

Banded Demoiselle

Variable Damselfly 

 Large Red Damselfy

 Common Blue Damselfly