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Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 30, 2015Leave a comment

I’ve just returned from a lovely trip to the Cairngorms in Scotland and have something like 6000 images to go through! But for now here are some of a Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph I took before I went on the trip using my pond creature photography technique. The above and next photo were taken…

5 species of odonata in April

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 30, 20144 Comments

Yesterday I broke my dragonfly photography duck, well today I smashed it and got an unprecedented (for me) 5 species in April. Typically in April I might get my first large red damselflies, and I may have seen 1 or 2 more species in later days of April before, but 5 species is a new…

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…

Tame rabbit and four spotted chaser

Essex, insect, mammal, odonata, rabbit, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 19, 2013Leave a comment

Just got in from lovely evening walk with a class of kids where we got within 3 metres of a wild rabbit! For once I had my camera with me and took these shots. Bare in mind these were taken with 30 kids (being remarkably calm and quiet!) right there next to me. In fact…

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…

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.

Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 15, 20133 Comments

A quick pond photo from last night, a broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph.

4 spotted and broad bodied chaser dragonflies and azure damselflies

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 30, 2012Leave a comment

Today at Wat Tyler there were dragonflies abound at the one pond I managed to visit in my lunch break. The first I noticed was this male broad bodied chaser On the water surface a number of azure damselflies in tandem were egg laying in the weed that was at the surface. Soon after I…

Scarce chaser dragonfly, greek marsh frog, mammoth wasp and beautiful demosielle

amphibian, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 13, 2012Leave a comment

On a trip to a reservoir in kefalonia we saw some interesting stuff. There were scarce chaser dragonflies flying around. There were greek marsh frogs. This mammoth wasp was on a flower. A blue tailed damselfly perched nicely. As did this beautiful demoiselle.

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