Eggscitement
As it was a warm and muggy morning, I wandered down to the wildlife pond in the hope that some more damselflies might have arrived and taken up residence. None had, but as I was walking around the perimeter trying … Continued
Camouflage
AOG Day 12 A late entrant and surprise medallist in this year’s Games was this lovely fresh female Southern Hawker, A. Cyanea, who arrived too late to be eligible for either of the two major events for female dragonflies: Oviposition, … Continued
The Oviposition Champion
AOG Day 10 The crowd heard her before they saw her: the unmistakeable rustling sound of the wings of a large dragonfly. Already on the edges of their seats in anticipation of the Dragonfly Oviposition (Hawkers) final, they gasped and … Continued
Golden girl
If I’d remembered that the only sensible road to use to get to Trench Wood from my side of the country is closed this week for repair, I’d have gone somewhere else today. But if I had, I’d have missed … Continued
Shimmering
I’m getting quite good on the stepladder now, if I do say so myself. And I may as well, because it’s highly unlikely that anyone else will; certainly the two Southern Hawkers I photographed from the top of it at … Continued