Southern Migrant Hawker
Flight period: June to September
The Southern Migrant Hawker is small migratory hawker species. The male has blue eyes, a green/blue thorax and a dark abdomen with blue markings whilst the female has brown eyes, a yellow/brown thorax and a brown abdomen with yellow markings.
The Southern Migrant Hawker is a species found in southern and central Europe, in North Africa and the Middle East and across Asia to China. However, its range is expanding north west and it has been breeding around the Thames estuary since 2010 and over the past 2 decades reports of migrant influxes have become more frequent with most sightings coming from the south-east coast.
Date: 21st June 2024
Location: Noak Bridge Nature Reserve, Noak Bridge, Essex
The Southern Migrant Hawker is small migratory hawker species. The male has blue eyes, a green/blue thorax and a dark abdomen with blue markings whilst the female has brown eyes, a yellow/brown thorax and a brown abdomen with yellow markings.
The Southern Migrant Hawker is a species found in southern and central Europe, in North Africa and the Middle East and across Asia to China. However, its range is expanding north west and it has been breeding around the Thames estuary since 2010 and over the past 2 decades reports of migrant influxes have become more frequent with most sightings coming from the south-east coast.
Date: 21st June 2024
Location: Noak Bridge Nature Reserve, Noak Bridge, Essex
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