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Exploring the fauna of Britain

Posts tagged with "dragonfly"

Bedfords Park pond dip - hawker dragonfly nymph, planarian flatworm, great crested newt tadpole and more

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Carrying on from yesterday heres what was caught in the pond dip. First up is the hawker dragonfly nymphs

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Regents park - ducking nursery,herons, butterflies and dragonflies

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I ahd a walk around Regents Park today. Entering the park I came across this greylag having a rest

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pond dipping - Common darter dragonfly nymph and great diving beetle larva

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Today was the open day at Bedfords Park. On the way up I found a few blue tailed damselflies

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Wake valley pond, Cornhill meadow and Bedfords park

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On saturday we went for a trip to Lee valley, stopping of at Wake valley pond on the way. At wake valley ponds I was looking for hairy dragonflys. Again I had no luck, although I did manage to see a few downey emerald dragonflys, a new species for me. They were all in flight so I could only manage this shot

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Stomarsh wildlife

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Yesterday I visited Stodmarsh, near Canterbury in Kent. This reserve is a great place for birds, especially marsh harriers and hobbys. But I was in search of the reported hairy dragonflys. Entering the reserve it was already very hot and the insects were flying around. I did see a couple of hairy dragonflys but only brief glimpses as they wizzed past. I did however see lots of other Odonata (the insect order of dragonflys and damselflys). First up was this terenal (recently emerged) probable variable blue damselfly

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