This week there were many mature male large red damselflies and lots of mating pairs.
I also saw several mature male common blue damselflies.
There were several azure damselflies, all in immature colouring.
A new species for the season was a blue-tailed damselfly. This is an immature female of the form violacea.
After last week's sighting I saw another dingy skipper.
This one adopted a typical skipper posture with its wings folded on top of each other, something I haven't seen before in this species.
A new sighting for the site was a Mother Shipton moth.
This photo was taken close up with flash with my little Panasonic TZ90.
On the way out I came across an acrobatic mating pair of flies, the female of which seemed more intent on enjoying her lunch! This is the Canon 7D with a 300mm lens.
And this is the TZ90 with flash from very close up.
So no dragonflies this week but I am optimistic for next week if the weather is OK.
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