Whilst it has been great having this week off work, it has been tough going with the weather which at times has been hard work. It seems most days this week it has been very windy, cloudy and raining at times, but there have been a few sunny spells to work with as well. I spent a few hours at Oare Marshes on Wednesday 4th and hoped to give the Dainty Damselflies a count. The wind however had other ideas and made it quite hard to find them initially. I ended up seeing 31 Dainty Damselfly in the usual small area. With the weather as it was, none were seen over the pool ovipositing. The habitat looks so good for them here and I'm sure there are more that cannot be seen on private land. I will hopefully make another visit next weekend and hope the weather is better to see how many are on the wing. As the rarest damselfly in the UK, I make no apologies for more photos of this superb little damselfly. It was good to find a number of females on my visit and I spent some time photographing them and trying to capture their identification features in the shots. Also seen were 46 Scarce Emerald Damselfly which is very encouraging. Again, I can only imagine how many more there must be on the land that cannot be viewed. A cracking few hours well spent despite the conditions.
Dainty Damselfly - male
No need for apologies, afterall there are only seven brilliant images of this rarest and equally brilliant of damsels. Do we take it the 'private site' privacy is absolute Marc?
ReplyDeleteRegards....Pete.
Many thanks Pete. The site at Oare where they can ve viewed is on a public footpath but there are many fields and pools that are private that no doubt will have more Dainties in them. Take care.
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ReplyDeleteGroetjes Tinie
Many thanks for your kind words and visit. Much appreciated. Take care.
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