A place I’d never heard of until CB posted some images of Small Red-eyed Damselfly (something I have never seen) he’d taken there. I Googled it and found out it wasn’t too far away so my wife and I decided to pay a visit. There were loads of Damselflies skimming over the pond but I can’t be sure any were Small Red-eyed Damsels. However, I did manage a great consolation prize. Now I know where the ponds are I will be back next year to hopefully get to Damsels I’m after.
I may not have seen any Small Red-eyed Damsels but I will definitely make do with this Lesser Emperor Dragonfly. It might not be the best picture you’re likely to see of one, but it’s the first I have seen (thanks Alan for confirming what I thought it was and thanks to my wife for pointing out, in her words, "a large Dragonfly” flying over the pond).
Common Blue Damselfly.
Blue-tailed Damselfly.
Teneral Blue-tailed Damselfly?
Female Blue-tailed?
I spent ages trying to get flight shots of the Sand Martins
flying around the pond. I only had a 300mm lens with me so these images are all
big crops.
Cormorant sunning its self.
Two flies I have yet to identify.
And I haven’t a clue what this is.
Hoverfly hovering.
Again, nice one with the Lesser Emperor Ron (or should I be congratulating Mrs Ron? :-). The Blue-tailed damsel females are a confusing lot, with 5 named types (some of which have recently had their names changed just to confuse things further) including immatures, those you've photographed I believe are now known as rufescens-obsoleta, the immature stage of infuscans, noted for having a dull orange/brown tail segment which is blue on other forms. Phew!
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Blimey it is getting confusing but thanks for the info. If it hadn’t been for my wife, I wouldn’t have bothered taking the shot of the Lesser as it was, I thought, too far away I’m pleased I did. I will have a look at Mull 6 because I don’t think I have seen the comment. Oh, and by the way have you taken your blog down as I don’t seem to be able to get on.
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