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National Dragonfly Week 2013: Scarce Emerald damselfly

Essex, Factfile, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 24, 2013Leave a comment

Day 2 of my dragonfly species a day to celebrate the British Dragonfly Society’s National Dragonfly week. Today we’ll look at the Scarce emerald, Lestes Dryas Like other emerald damselfly species they are emerald green in colour and they have a habit of sitting with their wings at 45 degrees to the body, rather than…

National Dragonfly Week 2013: Emperor Dragonfly

Factfile, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 23, 2013Leave a comment

As its the British Dragonfly Society’s National Dragonfly week I thought I’d celebrate by posting about a species a day of these marvellous insects. First Up the Magnificent Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Its our largest dragonfly growing to 78mm in length and with a wingspan of 106mm, though some argued the female golden ringed is…

Scarce swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius

butterflies, Greece, insect, KefaloniaBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 22, 2013Leave a comment

On my visit to Kefalonia last May, I wanted to get a photo of a scarce swallowtail. I had some bad photos of a tatty specimen from my visit a few years ago and found another on a visited to Lake Avithos earlier in the holiday, but on this visit one decided to sit a…

Video of Emperor dragonfly mobbed by azure damselfly

Essex, odonata, video, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 14, 2013Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago I was watching a female emperor dragonfly ovipositing (egg laying) in a pond, when an azure damselfly started mobbing it. I took some video of it happening and 2 other instances and have put them together in the video below.

Dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja at Crockford Stream

insect, New forestBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 14, 2013Leave a comment

As well as Dragonflies there were some nice butterflies at Crockford Stream in the the New Forest, including a first for me, a Dark green fritillary Argynnis aglaja. In the hot sun they were very active and didn’t perch for long, so I only managed a few grab shots.

Emperor dragonfly in flight at Bedfords Park

Bedfords Park, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, hoverfly, insect, odonata, ostracodBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 12, 20131 Comment

Today I popped into Bedfords Park for a break and to have look for red eyed damselflies. But what caught my attention were the many emperor dragonflies spread along the lake margin, each patrolling their territories and scrapping with each other where they crossed paths. Occasionally one would hover, and this one did at a…

Dragonflies and damselflies at Crockford stream and Hatchet pond

insect, New forest, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 12, 20131 Comment

On Tuesday I visited one of my favourite sites, Crockford Stream. The site is amazing for dragonflies and damselflies, including golden ringed dragonflies. The site is also a good one for the rare southern damselfly. It was good to see a few tandem pairs of these great little blue damselflies. The keeled skimmers were in…

Bullfinch female

bird, finchBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 8, 2013Leave a comment

A quick 1 photo post: a female bullfinch.

Turtle dove in Wat Tyler Country Park

bird, Essex, pigeon, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 7, 2013Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago the turtle doves were posing well, for turtles doves at least. Sadly the sun was elusive, and the turtles were never in a good position when it was out. Still I got a few shots in the cloudy conditions.

Guillemot in flight at Bempton

auk, bird, YorkshireBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 6, 2013Leave a comment

As well as Razorbills I also had a go at Guillemots in flight and got a couple of ok shots.

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