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R and I were in the garden, where we’d recently finished pruning back a huge and unruly viburnum. I was sitting on one of the benches, drinking a mug of tea, and he was in the secret garden, beginning to … Continued
After I’d been around the village this afternoon and taken a lot of middling photos of insects I didn’t care about very much, I thought I ought to do something useful, so I got a net and skimmed the ponds … Continued
Seeing this Southern Hawker in a close-up image, ‘camouflage’ may not have been the first word that came to your mind, but I promise you that those blue and green markings were remarkably effective in allowing him to blend in … Continued
I did find a few things to photograph at home and around the village today, but as it was a pleasant afternoon I made a snap decision to go out anyway – after all, the cold, dark months are on … Continued
I took a trip to Trench Wood this morning, where I bumped into a couple of people I know (though not Hillyblips, who was rumoured to be around the place somewhere), but failed to find the hummingbird hawkmoths that were … Continued
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
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
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