art | Huddsbirder

I was stopping at a Bed and Breakfast in Great Ryburgh, near Fakenham, and the River Wensum runs through it, a chalk stream, one of the Damselflies I wanted to see this holiday was a Banded Demoiselle, I put two and two together, fortunately I got permission to wonder over one of the local farmers fields, on a nice sunny morning, for a change.

On my way down to the stream thru the fields I saw plenty of Swollen thighed Beetles on Ox eye Daisies and Buttercups, hoverflies included plenty of Helophiles pendulus, a Mother Shipton Moth was a nice surprise, Blue tailed Damselflies along with Common Blue Damselflies were common in the field, after a few wrong turns to get down to the stream, I finally found a Banded Demoiselle, I was on the right tracks.

After a further ten minutes or so I finally found the stream and plenty of Banded Demoiselle’s, I settled in to a comfortable position and watched and photographed for a few hours, walking away with a few hundred photos on the card and a smile.