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.

BVNR part two

 I said in part one that I didn’t see many dragonflies at BVNR, here are some I did see however a couple of these were well away from the pond, they were on the path from the carpark. If I have the identification wrong on anything please correct me.

A Common Darter which did the decent thing and posed for me on different bits of grass.

Common Hawker too high in the trees to get a decent shot.

Common Darter with a damaged wing.

This one looks to be pristine.

Male Common Darter.

This male looks to be saying “who are you looking at.”

Male Common Darter in flight.

Emperor Dragonfly. These never seem to stop; I got these images as it flew past me.

Blue-tailed Damselfly.

A pair of Blue-tailed Damselfly.

3^rd? instar Common Green Shieldbug.

4^th? instar Common Green Shieldbug.

Harlequin Ladybird.

Another Harlequin.

Harlequin Ladybird pupa.

Ladybird larva.

Alder Leaf Beetle.

Another Alder Leaf Beetle.