While I was tidying up my wildlife garden area a damselfly caught my eye flying over the pond and then landing on a water Lilly leaf. I noticed straight away it had a red eye and on looking closer I realized it was in fact a Small red-eyed damsel on my garden pond. I quickly ran indoors and grabbed my camera to get a few shots. After about 10 minutes it flew off. This was the first record for my garden and maybe the last and brought my garden odonata list to 17 species and for a pond that is only 27 months old.A migrant Hawker was also seen perched in my blackthorn bush this afternoon.
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| Small Red-Eyed Damsel |
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| Small Red-Eyed Damsel |
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| Small Red-Eyed Damsel |
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| Small Red-Eyed Damsel |
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| Migrant Hawker |
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| Migrant Hawker |
Garden Damsel/Dragonfly list:-
Banded Demoiselle
Beautiful Demoiselle
Large Red Damsel
White-Legged Damsel
Common Blue Damsel
Azure Damsel
Blue-Tailed Damsel
Small Red-Eyed Damsel
Southern Hawker
Migrant Hawker
Brown Hawker
Emperor Dragonfly
Four-Spotted Chaser
Broad Bodied Chaser
Black Tailed Skimmer
Common Darter
Ruddy Darter
Remarkable garden Odonata list Wayne!
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