Wiltshire Wildlife Trust – Jill Orme Photography

1 Jul 2026

Dragonfest

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

I took a trip down the Fosse to Lower Moor this morning, hoping to find one of the Norfolk Hawkers currently on the reserve. Sadly I didn’t manage that, and no-one else I chatted with had seen one today either, … Continued

9 May 2026

Overshot

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

There were so many Downy Emeralds and Four-spotted Chasers at Lower Moor and Sandpool today that I hardly knew where to point the camera. The Chasers were doing their mass emergence thing among the reeds at the corner of Mallard … Continued

27 Apr 2026

Downy

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

R and I have both been a bit under the weather recently – we were supposed to have been going to Cardiff on Saturday, for L’s animation festival and to see the family, but had to cry off. Today though … Continued

2 Jul 2025

Hubris: meet Nemesis

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

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

6 Jun 2025

Emerald

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

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

2 May 2025

Quad

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

After a moderately successful visit to Lower Moor in Wiltshire last Monday, I thought I’d wait a few days to let the dragons really get going before making another trip down the Fosse. It turns out though that I needn’t … Continued

28 Apr 2025

Young Red Eyes

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

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

4 May 2024

Happy

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

Finding that a free morning had coincided with the return of sunny weather, I whisked off down to Lower Moor in Wiltshire, in search of Downy Emeralds. To my intense satisfaction it turned out that there was a mass emergence … Continued

16 Aug 2023

Vagrant

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

My back, which has been niggling me for about a fortnight now, was so bad when I woke up this morning that it took me nearly an hour to get myself upright, and even then it needed heavy strapping before … Continued

24 May 2023

Empress

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

Voting for the coveted Dragon of the Day award resolved down to a nail-biting head-to-head between this teneral female Emperor, and a male Four-spotted Chaser whom I photographed mid-emergence. In the end the Emperor (Empress?) won because I’ve never seen … Continued

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