Kibblesworth Brick Works…

 …or Bowes Valley Nature Reserve is a great place for Dragonflies so around the middle of last month my wife and I had a walk around the pond to see what was there. We weren’t disappointed.

Female Emperor Dragonfly.

She landed on the pond

And began to lay eggs.

She was laying eggs in several places.

Male Emperor Dragonfly.

They were always patrolling

So, getting one in a perched position was a bonus.

Emperor with an Azure Damselfly flying close by.

An Emperor with a Four-spotted Chaser above.

Four-spotted Chaser.

One of them kept landing in the same place sometimes with prey.

Black-tailed Skimmer.

Burnet Moth.

Small Skipper.

Large Skipper.

Shaded Broad-bar Moth.

Grasshopper.

Little Grebe humbug.

Little Grebe.

Scotland 2025

Just back from a week’s (it’s never long enough) holiday in Scotland. We were staying once again in a cottage called Lettoch Beag not far from Killecrankie. Although I have loads of images to go through from last month, I thought I would do my first Blog from Scotland and then try and do a local one. It might take a while I’ll see how it goes. 

Emerald Damselfly from the pond in the garden of the cottage.

Common Green Capsid Bug.

Wasp.

Great-spotted Woodpecker.

There were a couple of Red Squirrel in the grounds of the cottage.

A Mole running around in the middle of the day. It did eventually make its way back underground.

One of the House Martins flying around the cottage.

Greenfinch.

A very distant Black-throated Diver.

This Dark Giant Horsefly landed on the car.