A mainly reddish-brown coloured dragonfly resting on a wooden fence with its transparent wings outspread
A very obliging Common Darter Dragonfly that was enjoying basking in the autumn sun on a wooden fence close to a pond in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
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a brown and red dragonfly sits on a tree stump.
Common Darter. September 2025
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A red, male, Common Darter dragonfly perches on top of a stick.
Male Common Darter. August 2025
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a green, blue and black Southern Hawker dragonfly clings to a dried up leaf, facing upwards.
Southern Hawker dragonfly. August 2025.
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Took this in May, when a four-spotted chaser was busy chasing anything that moved, including me 😆
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Ruddy Darter dragonfly
Black-tailed Skimmer dragonfly
Black-tailed Skimmer dragonfly
Emperor dragonfly (laying eggs)
Some dragonfly from Portbury Wharf NR, on Friday 11 July 2025. Ruddy Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer (2), Emperor #BritishDragonflies #dragonfly #ukwildlife #pwnr
Number 18, managed to capture this one pre-maiden flight and nice to have a female. #britishdragonflies
A few days spent chasing Dragons in Scotland🐉 Azure Hawker, Northern Emerald & Northern Damsel shown #Odonata #BritishDragonflies
two dragonflies on a grass stem, but one of them launches off.
One flew away. May 2025.
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A Scarce Chaser dragonfly seen from the front sat on a dead twig.
Scarce Chaser I think. May 2025.
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Fabulous to find this immature male Southern Hawker dragonfly in the garden this morning. #BritishDragonflies #dragonfly
A nice morning for a local wander, so took a walk through the pastures and woodland of Lower Failand (North Somerset). Pleased to come across this (male) Hairy Dragonfly. #dragonfly #britishdragonflies #UKWildlife
Black-tailed Skimmer dragonfly (female). Daisy Field, Lamplighters Marsh Nature Reserve (Bristol). 18 May 2025 #BritishDragonflies #UKWildlife #dragonfly
Kevin Radley and I saw our first Norfolk Hawker Aeshna isoceles of the year on 14th May in the Ant Valley. This ♂ was the first one that settled long enough to get a photo.
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On the lookout for a Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea today. Last year we found this very obliging ♂ in the same locality...
Photo by Kevin Radley.
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Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve today. Ruddy Darter dragonfly (immature male) - quite an early emergence I think. #BritishDragonflies #Dragonfly #UKWildlife
Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve today. Scarce Chaser dragonfly (male). #BritishDragonflies #Dragonfly #UKWildlife
Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve today. Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly (female). #BritishDragonflies #Dragonfly #UKWildlife
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