Spent a few hours in the Woods this afternoon, before hayfever forced me to retreat to theTesco fridge aisle at Whitely.
Very pleased to find my first Golden Ringed Dragonfly. One flew past me then alighted about 15ft up a small tree enabling me to get a few decent record shots. Golden Ringed Dragonfly, Botley Wood, 24 Jun 2009 I then carried onto the newly excavated pond to find the area around it full of Broad Bodied Chasers. Broad Bodied Chaser, male, Botley Wood, 24 Jun 2009 Broad Bodied Chaser, female, Botley Wood, 24 Jun 2009 Males were far out numbering the females around the pond margins, but further afield there were more females. The new pond is still very bare around the edges but given time will become a fabulous to addition to the wood. Steve Copsey |
