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Category Archives: odonata

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Best of my pond creature photos

beetles, Caddisfly, Ephemeroptera, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, odonata, water boatman, water louseBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 15, 20134 Comments

To celebrate the launch of the Freshwater Habitats Trust, I thought I would do a ‘best of’ my pond creature photos (some of which are being used by the FHT). These are a few of the nicer shots I’ve taken. First up, the first photo I was happy with of a four spotted chaser dragonfly…

Migrant hawkers in flight at Rainham Marshes

Essex, insect, odonata, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 9, 2013Leave a comment

On Sunday I popped into RSPB Rainham Marshes in hope of finding some water voles. I had no luck but did find a couple of cooperative migrant hawker males. Sadly the light was not so cooperative m, with the sun increasingly dissappearing behind clouds, and doing so as the dragonfly hovering in front of me!…

Migrant hawker, Black necked grebe and clouded yellow at RSPB Dungeness

bird, butterflies, insect, Kent, odonata, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 6, 2013Leave a comment

While at Dungeness on Saturday I came across a migrant hawker that had settles on a gorse bush. It stayed still while I got some close ups too. I also came across this clouded yellow butterfly. A kestrel posed, though a little distantly. A keeled skimmer sat on the path. A black necked grebe (as…

Scarce emerald

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 21, 2013Leave a comment

A quick photo of a scarce emerald damselfly, the last one I saw this year.

Willow emeralds at Fingringhoe Wick

Essex, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 17, 2013Leave a comment

On Wednesday I popped up to Fingringhoe Wick and got some nice photos of willow emerald damselflies Lestes viridis. There were a few mating pairs around too. I also finally got a photo of a brown hawker, my odonata nemesis! A ruddy darter male posed. And a pair just about posed on some bramble.

Southern migrant hawker update

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 13, 20132 Comments

A post to update on the southern migrant hawkers in Wat Tyler CP. They have been seen most days , generally with sightings occurring in the afternoon, peaking between 2 and 4pm but I observed them on evening at 6.20pm Reports of up to 4 males on Sunday 4/8/13 were sent to me, from the…

Small red damselfly

insect, odonata, Surrey, Thursley commonBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 6, 2013Leave a comment

A quick 1 photo post of a small red damselfly on Thursley Common.

Southern migrant hawker Aeshna affinis at Wat Tyler Park, Essex 2013

Essex, insect, odonata, Uncategorized, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 2, 20132 Comments

Regular blog readers will know I am lucky enough to frequent a place that last year had daily sightings of the recently colonising Southern migrant hawker Aeshna affinis, in fact its possible I spent more time than anyone else observing them last year. A month or 2 ago I was emailed about them by James…

Black darter dragonflies, emerald damselflies and other odonata at Thursley Common

insect, odonata, Surrey, Thursley commonBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 29, 2013Leave a comment

Yesterday I had my annual trip to Thursley Common, the most species rich site for dragonflies and damselflies in the country. I managed some nice photos, including these black darters (my first of the year) which posed for some shots. The black mature males were flighty and I only managed this shot of one. Some…

Emerald damselfly cleaning wings video

insect, odonata, Surrey, Thursley commonBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 29, 20131 Comment

Here is a video of a emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) doing ‘the worm!’ It is really using its abdomen to clean its wings, which was interesting to watch. You can tell from the video there was a bit of breeze yesterday!

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