Emerald
Mature Downy Emeralds are bronzy-green, with vivid green eyes, but it’s a long time since I last saw one – I usually go looking for them as they emerge, when they’re pinkish with buff-coloured eyes, and by this time in … Continued
Young Red Eyes
This morning I took my first trip in nearly a year to the Lower Moor nature reserve in Wiltshire, in search of Odonata. I’d barely walked into the the first enclosure when I accidentally disturbed a fresh female Red-eyed Damselfly, … Continued
Downy Emerald
Time was when Lower Moor at Oaksey in Wiltshire was one of my my go-to summer places, because of the plethora of Odonata I could confidently expect it to provide. I didn’t visit during 2020 because of Covid, and then … Continued
Downy Emerald
From dragon despondency to dragon delight in less than a week: my second trip of the season to Lower Moor Farm in the Cotswold Water Park this morning provided me with a fly-by sighting of a Hairy Dragonfly, and – … Continued