Mike's Natural Musings: First Dragonflies of the Year.

Monday, 8 June 2015

First Dragonflies of the Year.

Since we have been home from Scotland the weather has been warm and I have been champing at the bit to photograph some dragonflies so off I went this morning to my nearest local spot, a small pond 10 minutes from home. It is always good for four spotted chasers and broad bodied chasers and I was full of optimism. It was good to be back at this local spot; the meadows were full of ox-eye daises and ragged robin. There was plenty of activity at the pond with 3 or 4 four spotted chasers over the water and a male and at least one female broad bodied chaser. Although I didn't manage a shot of the female, the male was very cooperative. There were also azure and blue-tailed damselflies on the wing. Yellow flag iris was in flower and sedge warbler and black cap were singing well.

An excellent morning.

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