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2006 Archive

• Rainham Marshes: Brimstone (RSPB)

• Wanstead Park : 2 Otters on the River Roding (John Sellar)

• West Thurrock Marshes: Common Seal (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: Common Darters (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Red Admirals, Common Darter (HV, Ben Green)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Clouded Yellow, 10 Common Darter (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Clouded Yellow (DMo)

• Bedfords Park: m Yellow-winged Darter, many Small Redeyes, Hummingbird Hawkmoth (CRJ)
• Rainham Marshes: 15 Wasp Spiders (DMo)
• Grey Towers Allottments, Hornchurch: Wasp Spider (HC)

• Rainham Marshes: 30 Wasp Spiders, 20 Migrant Hawkers, both Red-eyed Damsels, 1st Yellow-winged Darter, Scarce Emerald, Reed Dagger moth (RSPB)

• Rainham Marshes: 18 Wasp Spiders (HV)
• West Thurrock: Grey Seal (DJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 5 Wasp Spider, Oak Eggar moth (HV) Harlequin Ladybird lavae (Katy & Julian)

• Ingrebourne Valley: 7 Painted Lady's and 4 Banded Demoiselles (DMo)
• Walthamstow Res: 6 Painted Ladies (DC).

• Rainham Marshes: 9 Wasp Spiders, 8 Painted Lady's (DMo)
• Walthamstow Res: 7 Red-eyed Damselflies, 2 Painted Ladies, 5 Red Admirals, Clouded Yellow (DC).

• Walthamstow Res: male Clouded Yellow, 2 Banded Demoiselles and male Emperor Dragonfly (DC).
• Rainham Marshes: 4 Small Red-eyed Damselflies (too early in the day) both Emeralds, 9 Wasp Spiders (RSPB)

• Rainham Marshes: 200+ Small Red-eyed Damselflies, 10pr Red-eyed Damsels (reserve 1st), Scarce and Common Emerald, Four Spot Chaser plus nine other odenate. Also 18 species of butterfly including only 2nd Brown Argus colony for the site. (HV)

• Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Painted Lady's, Purple Hairstreak, 2 Speckled Woods, 3 Commas, 3 Common Blues and 8 Banded Demoiselles (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: Small Red-eyed Damselfly (PHa, DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: male Scarce Emerald (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: male Small Red-eyed Damselfly, female Scarce Emerald (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 34 male Small Red-eyed Damselflies 4 Wasp Spiders (HV)

• Weald Park/Bedfords Park area: 19 species of Dragonfly & Damselfly today (CRJ)

• Bedfords Park: 2m1f Red-veined Darter (CRJ)

• Bedfords Park: m Red-veined Darter (CRJ)

• Fishers Green: Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Six-spot Burnet, Comma, Peacock, Small Skipper, Meadow Brown,  BT Skimmer (BJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 5 Painted Ladies, Clouded Yellow, Hummingbird Hawkmoth (RSPB)
• Weald Park: Scarce Emeralds, White-letter & Purple Hairstreaks (HV, CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 1st site record of m Banded Demoiselle (HV)

• Roding Valley Meadows NR: Banded Demoiselle; Common Blue Damselfly; Emperor Dragonfly; Burnet Moth; Small Copper; Meadow Brown; Red Admiral (BJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 2m Red-veined Darters (HV, SS)

• Bedfords Park: Red-veined Darter (CRJ)
• Rainham Marshes: 4 Emerald Damselflies, Hairy Dragon, Emperor, BT Skimmers (HV)

• Bedfords Park: 3 Red-veined Darters (CRJ)

• Bedfords Park: 3 Red-veined Darters, Small Red-eyed Damselflies (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: many Black-tailed Skimmers, bull Common Seal (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Wall Brown, Small Copper, Marsh Frogs, Water Vole (RSPB)

• Bedfords Park: Small Red-eyed Damselflies (CRJ)
• Rainham Marshes: Black-tailed Skimmer, Broad-bodied Chaser, Four Spot Chaser, Emperor, 3 damsels (Steve Hall)

• Hornchurch: 4m Stag Beetles (MB)

• Rainham Marshes: f Beautiful Demoiselle, Harlequin Ladybird, 5 Wall Brown (HV)

• Cornmill Meadows: Hairy Dragonflies (estimated 40+), 20 Broad-bodied Chasers, 3 Four-spotted Chasers, Azure, Common Blue, Blue-tailed, Red-eyed and (1) White-legged Damselflies + Banded Demoiselles. (RW)

• Rainham Marshes: 8 species of butterfly + Hairy Hawker Azure, Large Red and Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common and Slender Groundhoppers (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Green veined Whites,7 small whites,10 Peacocks and 2 Small Tortoiseshells. 

• Rainham Marshes: 12 Peacock, 5 Small White, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Holly Blue, Tawny Carder Bees (HV)

• Rammey Marsh: Weasel (MS)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Peacock Butterfly (BJ)
• Seventy Acres Lake: Water Vole (BJ)

• Sewardstone Marsh: 3 Peacocks, 2 Commas, 2 Brimstones, and Small Tortoiseshell (MS)
• Rammey Marsh: Weasel (MS)
• Grey towers allotments Hornchurch: Brimstone (HC)

• Fishers Green: Brimstone, Small Copper (Terry Smith)
• Amwell: Muntjac (BJ)
• Knighton Woods, Woodford: 2 Peacock butterflies and 4 Toads in Amplexus in the upper pond  with a rope of spawn. (Graham Dawson)

• Claypit Hill: Brimstone (BJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Weasel, Brimstone, Coltsfoot (PHa)
• Weald Park: 3 Brimstones, Comma, Red Admiral (CRJ)

• Weald Park: Comma (CRJ)

• Warley Place EWT: Muntjac (CRJ)

• Connaught Water:  Muntjac (BJ)

• Rise Park: Red Admiral (Sid Petts)

• Rainham Marshes: Weasel (Mike Merrick et al)

• Seventy Acres Lake area: 2 Water Voles, Muntjac (mo)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Brown Hares (PHa)
• Curtis Mill Green: 2 Stag Red Deer (HV)
• Seventy Acres Lake area: 2 Water Voles, Muntjac (mo)
• Lambourne End: 4 Brown Hare (BJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Brown Hare (H&AV)

• Rainham Marshes: Weasel (HV)