Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta (Latreille, 1805) 
Status .....Fairly common at many sites and generally late on the wing, regularly being recorded flying into late October most years.
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Photographed at Warsop Main Pit Top September 2013
 
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Photographed at Eakring Flash November 2002
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Aeshna mixta
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Richard Rogers. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. NBGRC. Lound Moth Group. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Bob Merritt. Pauline Bradford. David Shaw. Darren Matthews. Steve Horne. Barry Lygo. Tom Shields. Peter Kirby (Ploughman Wood Invertebrate survey 1998 on behalf of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust). Brian Wetton.

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2024

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