A female emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) clings on to a foxglove on Godlingston Heath, Dorset, amid strong winds.
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A female emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) clings on to a foxglove on Godlingston Heath, Dorset, amid strong winds.
Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) emergence, river Thames. I wish I could have got a closer photo but as it was I was hanging over a bridge aiming the camera downwards and with nobody to hold onto my feet. Another cm or two and I would have fallen straight in!
Purbeck, Dorset
Rainham Marshes, London
Hertfordshire, UK
Hertfordshire, UK
Hertfordshire, UK
another shot of a male southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) patrolling a local pond.
autumnal vegetation behind a male southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea)
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire, UK
I get a close approach from a patrolling male southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea)
Gloucestershire, UK
responding to some late summer sunshine after a cold and wet week.
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Dorset
easy to forget to take photos of the more common species, but these common darters (Sympetrum striolatum) caught my eye with their end of season mating.
A male southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) patrolling for food or a mate, probably both.