crockford bridge dragonflies
Sunday, 20. September 2009, 17:29:10
While in the New Forest we visited the well know dragonfly and damselfly site at Crockford Bridge. This site is well known as one of the best places to see the rare southern damselfly, but September is too late in the year to see this species (see here). On my first visit it was cloudy and a bit breezy, and I did not even see a common darter. All there was of interest was the large species of pond skater
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!
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WIDGETIZE
Linda # 20. September 2009, 17:38
ERWIN # 20. September 2009, 18:24
Robin # 20. September 2009, 23:34
Eric # 21. September 2009, 03:28
Neil # 21. September 2009, 20:12
Something I meant to mention is the golden ringed is joint longest dragonfly in the UK (the other being the emperor dragonfly)
Adele # 22. September 2009, 18:55
Words # 26. September 2009, 23:38