Burdon Moor part one

 Another walk around Burdon Moor, one of my favourite places to go to for insects etc. It can be famine or feast at times but there is nearly always something to photograph. On this particular day it just happened to be feast so once again I have split the Blog into two.

I Think this is a Yellow-sided Clover Sawfly a first for me.

Leaf Hopper.

Rove Beetle.

Noon Fly.

Cross/Orbweb Spider with two bits of bait.

Cross/Orbweb Spider with two other Spiders but I haven’t a clue what is going on.

Spider.

Spiders.

Another Cross/Orbweb Spider with bait.

Harvestman.

Speckled Wood Butterfly.

Female Common Scorpionfly.

Cragside part two

 And this time it’s all about the Common Hawker Dragonfly. There were a few of these Dragonfly hawking over the tarn and I managed to get some canny shots. Unfortunately, I did not see any Damselflies this year which was a shame.

Male Common Hawker.

Male In flight.

Female Egg laying.

A pair.

More flight shots.

Female in flight.

Cragside part one

 Our annual visit to Slipper Tarn at Cragside was once again fruitful if you like Dragonflies with loads of Black and Common Darter hawking around the tarn. As you can see by the title of the Blog, I have split it into two again (I seem to be doing it a lot lately) because once again I have too many images.

Male Black Darter.

Female Black Darter.

A tandem pair of Black Darter.

Another tandem pair.

There was pairs of Black Darters all over the place.

Male Black Darter in flight.

Female in flight.

Female Common Darter.

Male Common Darter.

A tandem pair of Common Darter.

I saw only one Southern Hawker however I managed to get it in flight.

Twizell Woods part two

This time it’s all about the dragonflies we saw at Twizell Woods. 

A few Southern Hawkers were hawking around the ponds.

A couple of females were laying eggs

And one or two posed nicely for me.

Dragonfly exuvia.

I saw only one Common Hawker however I did manage to capture it hawking over the ponds

And hanging from a tree.

Common Darter.

In flight.

Emerald Damselfly.