RXwildlife Sightings

The closing date has now passed and here are the entries for you to view.

The winning entries, together with runners up, will be printed and form a part of the Countryside and Wildlife Exhibition being organised by the Rye and District Camera Club.

This will be held on Saturday 23rd May at the Adult Education Centre, Lion Street, Rye as part of the Wildlife Festival Week. Details of the Camera Club can be found at http://www.ryecameraclub.co.uk/ Further details of the RX Wildlife Festival can be found at http://rxwildlife.org.uk/rx-wildlife-festival-2009/

While collecting exuviae over the past couple of years, I have often found damselfly exuvia upsidedown (inverted) on emergent vegetation. This morning for the first time I actually saw a Blue-tailed Damselfly perform this inverted emergence. This type of emergence is common with this species and is so far unexplained. The second picture is a female Hairy Hawker pre-flight emergent, also found this morning.

Inverted emergence Blue-tailed Damselfly

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Highlights from a cold and overcast dawn, 4 Arctic Tern roosting amongst Common Terns on the low water sand, 18 Swift over Shore Ridges, 12 Whimbrel on the Quarry.