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Wide angle emperor dragonfly and reed warbler

Essex, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 18, 2013Leave a comment

I started off today with a trip into town and had the rest of the morning to head to RSPB West Canvey Marshes. Or so I thought until I hit yet another standstill of traffic in Essex! I didn’t have time to get to Canvey, so I popped into a private reserve instead and found…

Scarce chaser at Strumpshaw fen

insect, Norfolk, odonata, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 17, 2013Leave a comment

Last weekend I spent a couple of days at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB reserve enjoying the invertebrates there. One of them was the scarce chaser dragonfly, Libellula fulva. One was tolerant enough for my 35mm wide angle to be used. Though a bit awkwardly angled for the ‘traditional’ top down shot, as was this maturing male.

Broad bodied and 4 spotted chasers

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 7, 2013Leave a comment

I started today by heading straight to the spot where I saw the emperors emerging, but they were no longer there and just their exuvia were left. Hopefully they got away safely. At lunchtime I managed some shots of broad bodied chasers, a female hovering between egg laying. And a perched male. Yesterday I managed…

Emerging Emperor Dragonfly

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 6, 20131 Comment

Tonight at 9pm, just as I was finishing work, a couple of emerging emperor dragonfly nymphs were spotted on some reeds in a pond. The light was literally non existent as the sun had gone down and it was the end of dusk, so I had to use flash, which combined with the awkward angle,…

Broad bodied chaser dragonfly wide angle

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 5, 2013Leave a comment

Today I came across the first dragonfly that posed for a photo, a broad bodied chaser. In an effort to get something different I put on my 35mm wide angle macro and got this.

First Azure damselfly

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 15, 2013Leave a comment

On couple of days ago, on a warm morning (before the horrible bitter cold wind returned), one patch of nettles near a large pond was teeming with invertebrates. Among them was my first Azure damselfly of the year. I also saw a number of red damselflies there and throughout the day, with 12+ seen around…

Orange tip butterfly and large red damselfly

butterflies, butterflies, Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 9, 20131 Comment

I had a nice half hour or so of macro photography this afternoon, despite the blowing gale and sporadic sun! In a relatively sheltered spot I spotted a male orange tip patrolling, feeding and sun bathing around the garlic mustard. A bit further along I spotted 4 large red damselflies as I walked along the…

First large red damselfly and solitary bees

Essex, hymenoptera, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 1, 2013Leave a comment

I had a bit of a rotten start to today when my key broke in the lock to one of my survey areas. Then I couldn’t find anything the rest of the morning and the cuckoo continued to evade me all day. But the day to a turn for the better when my first Odonata…

Green eyed hooktail dragonfly Onychogomphus forcipatus

Greece, insect, Kefalonia, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 19, 2013Leave a comment

One nice find while in Kefalonia was this hook tailed dragonfly, namely the Green eyed hooktail Onychogomphus forcipatus.

Emperor dragonfly nymph meet your neighbours style

Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 6, 2013Leave a comment

A couple of shots of an striped emperor dragonfly nymph taken withe the white background meet your neighbours style.

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