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Southern migrant hawker dragonfly at Wat Tyler Country Park

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 9, 20121 Comment

In 2010 a number of Southern migrant hawker dragonflies (Aeshna affinis) turned up at Hadleigh Country Park, a few miles East of Wat Tyler CP. They also turned up at Vange Wick (not Vange Marsh) just to the south of Wat Tyler CP, so I’ve been hoping they would turn up here. Last year, I…

Emperor dragonfly egg laying

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 30, 20122 Comments

More recent photos from Wat Tyler Country Park. This time a female emperor dragonfly which was laying its eggs on some fallen reeds. This angle, although a bit top down, shows the tip of the abdomen in action below the surface. And I tried an in the environment shot too.

British dragonfly and damselfly emergence and flight times

Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 14, 20123 Comments

A few years ago on my old blog I posted a diagram to show the emergence and flight times of all the British odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) and a seemed to be quite popular. Since then a number of new species have become established in Britain, or are at least well on their way to…

Hawker dragonfly nymph close up with water boatman and water louse

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cp, water boatman, water louseBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 23, 20121 Comment

Carrying on from my last post, the pond photography session gave me my best ever hawker dragonfly nymph. I got it from various angles, including these two in which you can really see that mask or labium they use to catch prey, under slung below the head. I also got a top down shot. I…

Southern Hawker Dragonfly just emerged

epping forest, Essex, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 15, 20121 Comment

Back In July I was at Wake Valley Pond one morning when I came across a southern hawker dragonfly that had just emerged. I got some close ups of it. And some different angles.

Hawker dragonfly nymph close up

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 4, 2011Leave a comment

Here is an image of a hawker dragonfly nymph that has just shed its skin (hence the light colouration), that I took using my photographic aquarium.  I managed to increase the depth of field by using image stacking (combining a few images focused at different distances).

Migrant Hawker in flight

Essex, odonata, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 27, 20111 Comment

While at Rainham Marshes we noticed a fair few male migrant hawkers patrolling territories.  The light wasn’t great and neither was the angle from the boardwalks so we didn’t bother with them.  But then we found a spot where we could get to their level with the sun behind us, only for the sun to…

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