Male Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis). Taken at Dry Sandford Pit, Oxon on July 25th 2009. Approx 2x lifesize.
Male. Taken at Dry Sandford Pit, Oxon on July 25th 2009. Click image for larger version.
(1/125th sec at F10. Approx 1.25x life size.)
Female Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis). Taken at Thrupp Lake, Oxon, on July 14th 2011. Approx 2x lifesize.
Female. Taken at Thrupp Lake, Oxon, on July 14th 2011. Click image for larger version.
(1/125th sec at F13. Approx 1.25x life size.)
Female Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis). Taken at Otmoor, Oxon on July 23rd 2005. Approx 2x lifesize.
Female. Taken at Otmoor, Oxon on July 23rd 2005. Click image for larger version.
(1/125th sec at F10. Approx 1.25x life size.)
© David Hastings
Description
Wingspan: 82-98mm; Body length: 70-77mm
A large Hawker with obvious golden brown wings. Both sexes have strong yellow stripes on the sides of the thorax
and no ante-humeral stripes. The male is chocolate brown with small blue and yellow markings. It has a noticeable waisted appearence.
The female has small yellow markings and lacks the male's waist.
It breeds in a wide range of calm waters, usually with rich bankside or submerged vegetation. It is on the
wing between early June and September, with a peak at the end of July/beginning of August.
Sightings
| 12-Aug-2011 | : | Otmoor, Oxon (2) |
| 12-Aug-2011 | : | Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon (1) |
| 07-Aug-2011 | : | Wicken Wood, Northants (2) |
| 31-Jul-2011 | : | Parsonage Moor, Oxon (4) |
| 24-Jul-2010 | : | Otmoor, Oxon (9) |
| 24-Jul-2011 | : | Sydlings Copse/bridleway (4) |
| 14-Jul-2011 | : | Thrupp Lake, Oxon (2) |
| 02-Jul-2011 | : | Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon (2) |
| 02-Jul-2011 | : | Otmoor, Oxon (7) |
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| 15-Aug-2010 | : | Otmoor, Oxon |
| 24-Jul-2010 | : | Otmoor, Oxon |
| 24-Jul-2010 | : | Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon |
| 24-Jul-2010 | : | Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon |
| 19-Jul-2010 | : | Whelford Pools, Glos |
| 11-Jul-2010 | : | Bernwood Forest, Bucks |
| 10-Jul-2010 | : | Cothill Fen, Oxon |
| 04-Jul-2010 | : | Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon |
| 04-Jul-2010 | : | Otmoor, Oxon |
| 13-Jun-2010 | : | Otmoor, Oxon |
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| 16-Aug-2009 | : | Otmoor, Oxon |
| 07-Aug-2009 | : | Dry Sandford Pit, Oxon |
| 02-Aug-2009 | : | Otmoor, Oxon |
| 25-Jul-2009 | : | Dry Sandford Pit, Oxon |
| 14-Jul-2009 | : | Kew Gardens |
| 05-Jul-2009 | : | Otmoor, Oxon |
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