Another hot sunny day, it was again worth a visit down to the local ponds, for another Dragonfly hunt.
I was a bit disappointed on arrival. There seemed very little insect life around now, but not to give in, I settled myself in on the first pond and waited. Common Darter was the first to show, along with a Ruddy Darter.
It was a while before a larger Dragonfly appeared and seemed to be a Southern Hawker. It wasn’t until I landed a picture that I could confirm that, then it went quiet, so I waited and waited.
Another Ruddy Darter finally appeared, and then a larger Dragonfly flew past and seemed to be trying to land. It did, I managed to get some bad shots off, then realised the stabiliser on the lens was off, quickly turning this back on , as the Dragonfly was moving around, but thankfully settling, I got some photos, phew, before it flew, not to be relocated.
Looking at the photos, I realised this one was a Migrant Hawker, i was glad I’d found this, as I thought I’d seen one of these a few years ago here, but never confirmed it, this makes it the 14th Dragonfly species I’ve seen at my local ponds.
Huddsbirder 