Battle Abbey lake and marsh frog
This time last year I paided a visit to Battle Abbey in East Sussex, where there is a lake full of water lillies And one had a marsh frog on.
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Back in March I came across this site one evening, a fox hanging out of a bin. She was going in and out of the bin with food from the rubbish. Unfortunately the light was rubbish and she wasn’t holding still much so I had to shoot at ISO 1600. Still I was rather pleased…
DetailsBlack darter dragonflies, emerald damselflies and other odonata at Thursley Common
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…
DetailsEmerald damselfly cleaning wings video
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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A quick one photo post: fulmar
National Dragonfly Week: banded demoiselle
Species number 4 in my series to celebrate National dragonfly week. Today the banded demoiselle, Calopteyx splendens. This species is usually found slow flowing rivers with muddy bottoms, but they can wander far from these habitats, I’ve seen them a long way from any flowing water. The male (photo above) is metallic blue with a…
DetailsNational Dragonfly Week: Large Red Damselfly
Species number 3 in my series to celebrate National dragonfly week. Today the Large red damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula. This species is well known to UK odonata fans as the first species to emerge, usually with the first sightings in April, but in exceptionally mild springs they can emerge in March, as some did in 2012.…
DetailsNational Dragonfly Week 2013: Scarce Emerald damselfly
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…
DetailsNational Dragonfly Week 2013: Emperor Dragonfly
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…
DetailsScarce swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius
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…
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