Mum and Dad
I walked round to the old village pond this morning, to see if anyone was about – meaning dragons, of course – and immediately spotted this male Emperor on patrol. He was behaving a little strangely though – pausing and … Continued
Red-veined Darter
A second trip to the Knighton Reserve this morning got me the Red-veined Darter I failed to find yesterday, and also a third, unexpected “lifer”, in the shape of the Keeled Skimmer I’ve added as an extra. This took my … Continued
Scarlet Darter
I decided yesterday, on a sudden whim, to take a trip to Dorset in search of a couple of rare dragonfly species – but while he encouraged me to go, R felt (and I have to say, I agreed) that … Continued
Migrant vs Southern
Well, this is a surprise. After all the gadding about of the last couple of weeks, I decided to give the dragons a rest today, and stay home to work on my editing and recording backlogs. After several hours of … Continued
Hubris: meet Nemesis
Feeling like the Great Odonata Hunter after the various successes of yesterday, I headed off down to Wiltshire this morning in search of a Lesser Emperor. Five hours and two and a half circuits of Lower Moor later, and after … Continued
