Dragonflies - well actually more often damselflies and demoiselles
The award winning silhouette ...
Wing feature
Face on to a Beautiful Demoiselle
Banded Demoiselle single ..
... and pair
Full Japanese style ..
... and in monochrome
Banded Demoiselle and bokheh
Female black darter
Black darter at rest
Banded demoiselle
The eyes, the eyes ...
Common blues are even found in our own pond
And mating in the pond
Mating pair
Newly emerged Green
and a close up of his eyes..
Demoiselle wing
Demoiselle Body
Demoiselle head
Ham Green is a brilliant place for dragonflies ..
...which swarm in huge numbers
triples
and multipules
close up
in context
Four Spot
at an angle
Blue bodied dancer
Four Spots very visible
Damsels on Ham Wall
Four Spot
Blue bodied dancer
Four Spot
Four Spot
Nailsea Wall
And back to Walnut Bank pond
mating
mating
in the wild
how elegant
Ham Wall multiples
Ham Wall
Ham Wall
Ham Wall multiples
Ham Wall multiples
Ham Wall multiples
Ham Wall multiples
Four Spot
Four Spot
demoiselle
Four Spot
Four Spot
sole dancer
Four Spot
Four Spot
Four Spot
Four Spot
Four Spot
Four Spot
carrion killer