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Bold Moss

I went for a walk round Bold Moss this afternoon and recorded my first dragonflies of the year plus a few other species.
 
Four-spotted Chaser 4
Large Red Damselfly 80+
Azure Damselfly 2
Blue-tailed Damselfly 2
Small Copper 1
Common Blue 6
Orange Tip 1
Speckled Wood 2
Small Tortoiseshell 2
Large White 3
Green-veined White 3
7-spot Ladybird 20+
Common Carder-bee 3
Epiblema scutulana 1
Cydia ulicetana 1
Pyrausta aurata 2
Cinnabar 1
Little Grebe 2
Whitethroat 1
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 1
Willow Warbler 2
 
RayB

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