crockford bridge dragonflies
Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:29:10 PM
I tried again on the last day of the New Forest trip, when the sun was out and the wind not so bad. There were many common darters about, and a couple of southern hawkers were flying over the ponds south of Crockford Stream, but all my photos came out over exposed or out of focus. Looking around the stream I also spotted a keeled skimmer, which kept landing out of camera range over a bog! But then I spotted my target species, a golden ringed dragonfly
AFter a quick pass it just sat a posed for me, taking flight briefly before posing again a few times


And finally a southern hawker decided to pose, abeit at an awkward angle under a bush!


L2D2 # Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:38:57 PM
ERWINWulpen # Sunday, September 20, 2009 6:24:37 PM
RobinRobinL # Sunday, September 20, 2009 11:34:03 PM
EricCedarFox # Monday, September 21, 2009 3:28:49 AM
NeilUkwildlife # Monday, September 21, 2009 8:12:21 PM
Something I meant to mention is the golden ringed is joint longest dragonfly in the UK (the other being the emperor dragonfly)
Adele BrandSittingFox # Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:55:33 PM
Words # Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:38:37 PM