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A damselfly and dragonfly in Park Wood, Ruislip.
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| Male Common Blue Damselfly. | Female Broad Bodied Chaser Dragonfly. |
A Female Broad Bodied Chaser spotted at Bentley Wood while watching the Pearl Bordered Fritillary butterflies.
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| Female Broad Bodied Chaser. |
Black Tailed Skimmers in Park Wood, Ruislip.
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| Female and Male Black Tailed Skimmers. | |
Horsenden Hill dragonfly.
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| Two shots of a Female Broad Bodied Chaser. | |
Dragonflies and damselflies on the Isle of Mull and Ardnamurchan.
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| Golden Ringed Dragonfly. | Two Dragonfly nymphs emerging from a ditch ready to transform into adults. | Large Red Damselfly. | Golden Ringed Dragonfly. | |||
I found a Female Black Tailed Skimmer in Oaken Wood, Surrey. Meanwhile in Henley On Thames I managed my first ever closeups of a Female Banded Demoiselle damselfly, and an Azure mating wheel on Barnhill.
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| Female Black Tailed Skimmer. | 3 shots of a Female Banded Demoiselle damselfly. The 3rd shot is a crop-in of the 2nd shot. | Mating Wheel of Azure damselflies. | Male Black Tailed Skimmer. | ||
It's been a while, but here's a new dragonfly pic. The female Broad Bodied Chaser original (after cropping) is 3200x2400 so the extra resolution of my new camera is proving quite astounding. Then exactly a month later another Female Broad Bodied Chaser posed for me in the garden in Kenton! Then a Male Common Darter on Barnhill too another month on, and a Female Common Darter at Oversley Wood just after that. Plus a Southern Hawker on 12th August at Horsenden Hill.
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| Female Broad Bodied Chaser. | Female Broad Bodied Chaser. | Male Common Darter. | Two shots of a Female Common Darter. | Female Southern Hawker. | |
First Damselfly pic of 2007 and first Female Broad Bodied Chaser pic, seen up Barnhill on FA Cup day (19th). Male Broad Bodied Chaser on 2nd June. There were Emperors there that day too but never stopped moving long enough for pics. Then on the 6th I found the Female Black Tailed Skimmer basking on a clear mud patch in a meadow. On 18th June a Female Broad Bodied Chaser posed for me on a stem. One of two seen at Barnhill.
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| Male Large Red Damselfly. | Female Broad Bodied Chaser. | Male Broad Bodied Chaser. | Female Black Tailed Skimmer. | 2 shots of a Female Broad Bodied Chaser. | |
Damselflies and Dragonflies in Norfolk.
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| Four Spotted Chaser (long range shot). | Immature Male Red-eyed Damselfly. | A pair of mating Hairy Dragonflies. | Immature Female Red-eyed Damselfly. |
Common Darters at Bicester Airfield.
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| 3 shots of a Male Common Darter. | 2 shots of a Female Common Darter. | |||
Common Darters in Gunnersbury Park.
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| Immature Male Common Darter resting on a rock. | Common Darters in mating wheel. | 2 shots of an immature Male Common Darter resting on a rock. | |
A Southern Hawker landed in the garden and rested. It let me get so close that I reckon I could have touched it (not that I would dare disturb it of course). There were also plenty of Common Darters up Barnhill on the 4th.
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| 4 shots of a Southern Hawker - whole body, head closeup and from underneath the wings. | Female Common Darter resting on top of a twig. | |||
More Azure and Common Blue damselflies. Note the difference in the tail patterns when identifying them. The Common Blue's tail looks like it has been wrapped in blue tape, while the Azure's tail is more patterned.
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| Male Azure Damselfly. | Male Common Blue Damselfly. |
Spotted a Male Broad Bodied Chaser resting on a black of concrete in the centre of an ornamental pond in Gunnersbury Park.
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| Male Broad Bodied Chaser dragonfly. |
It's been a long time! But here are my first damselflies of 2005. No suitable ponds where I work so Barnhill and the surrounding area will be my best bet this year when I get a chance to go there. On the 1st a Large Red was spotted by a pond next to Fryent Way on the side of Barnhill on a warm day. On the 31st the Large Red was in Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve.
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| Female Large Red damselfly. | Male Large Red damselfly. |
Unfortunately the hot dry weather gave way to a prolonged spell of cool showery conditions. I haven't seen anywhere near as many dragonflies since late June. The Emperors slowly disappeared, although I still see the occasional dragonfly zip past on the warmer days.
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| An Emperor dragonfly seen side on after what seemed like a crash landing in a strong gust. | A closeup of the head of a Female Black Tailed Skimmer. |
The recent hot and dry weather seems to have resulted in a boom in Dragonfly numbers. In particular I got my first Broad Bodied Chaser pictures at Barnhill, and on the 15th I found a Female Black Tailed Skimmer that was quite willing to pose for me.
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| Black Tailed Skimmer hovering over a Stockley Park lake. | Male Broad Bodied Chaser dragonflies near Barnhill lake (first two are same dragonfly). | Emperor dragonflies in flight above Barnhill lake catching insects. | |||
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| Two pairs of mating Common Blue damselflies. | A Female Black Tailed Skimmer, including 3 shots of the head. | |||
I found a group of Blue-Tailed damselflies near the office. Must admit I wasn't expecting to find them there, but then many of my photos are opportunistic so here are the resultant photos. Also found a curiously small damselfly and some mating Common Blue's.
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| Male Blue-Tailed damselfly resting on a leaf. | Super-closeup of the head of a different male. | A pair of Blue-Tailed damselflies in a mating wheel. | Immature Female Blue-Tailed Damselfly. (About half the size of a Common Blue.) | Common Blue damselflies mating. | |
On the 24th I saw my first damselflies and dragonflies of the year today. Spotted Male and Female Common Blues, Large Reds, Blue-Tailed and possible Azure damselflies. I also spotted the odd Dragonfly flying around, but couldn't be sure of the species. On the 25th and 26th I spotted more damselflies. On 26th I got close enough to a female Black-Tailed Skimmer Dragonfly for a good closeup.
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| First pic of the year. Immature female common blue. | Large Red damselfly. | Black-Tailed Skimmer dragonfly. | ||
Having expected all the dragonflies to have died off in the cold weather I promptly found Common Darters flying around that lake, and even mating. This was despite it being only 10C outside. (It was sunny and light winds though).
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| Pair of Common Darter dragonflies mating. |
Some great late season shots of dragonflies while the nice weather holds on. There is one particular lake in Stockley Park that currently has lots of Common Darter and Migrant Hawker dragonflies swarming around it.
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| Pair of Common Darter dragonflies mating. | Closeup of male Common Darter dragonfly. | Male Migrant Hawker dragonfly. The angle of the sun highlights the wing detail nicely. | I think this is an immature male Common Darter dragonfly. |
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| Migrant Hawker Dragonfly. | Migrant Hawker Dragonfly hovering. | |
The prize this time was definitely the Southern Hawker super-closeup. Shame I couldn't get a better picture of that Banded Demoiselle.
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| My only shot yet of a banded demoiselle damselfly. I will endeavour to get a better shot if I can. | Female Common Darter dragonfly. | 1200x1600 closeup of Southern Hawker dragonfly. Too good to shrink. | Female Common Darter dragonfly. | Male Common Darter dragonfly. | |
Snapped more Dragonflies near the swamp and a lake.
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| Emperor Dragonfly. | Black Tailed Skimmer Dragonflies in a lake. first two: male and female, Second two: male resting. | |||
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| Another damsel fly - immature male Common Blue. | Black-Tailed Skimmer Dragonfly. Not sure if it is a female or an immature male. | |
I found Damselflies everywhere this week. Since I have never noticed them before (since I bought my camera) I made it a good excuse to get snapping some more.
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| Immature Common Blue Damselfly. | Mature Blue-tailed Damselfly. | Immature Female Common Blue Damselfly. | Large Red Damselfly. | Male Azure Damselfly. | Immature Female Common Blue Damselfly. | Female Common Blue Damselfly. |
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| Immature Female Common Blue Damselfly. | Immature Female Azure Damselfly. | Azure and Large Red Damselflies mating around a small pond. | Damselfly orgy. | |||
My first damselfly photos.
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| Found a small (2-3cm long) insect. Found out it is a female Common Blue Damselfly. | |
My first dragonfly photos. I believe both are of Migrant Hawkers.
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| Dragonfly in flight. | A better (and lucky) shot of a dragonfly. |