Banded Demoiselles were abundant, and Blue-tailed, Large Red-eyed and White-legged Damsels quite common with just the odd Common Blue Damselfly. Large numbers of Meadow Browns, plenty of Small Tortoiseshells, the odd Ringlet, 1 Red Admiral and 1 Painted Lady. On the old railway line Speckled Woods, a Large Skipper and Small White. Plenty of other insects about including a Hornet and a small potter-type wasp nesting in the bridge over the Willow Brook near the railway. The wasp brought a grub as big as itself and inserted it in the hole.
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva, male
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Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens, male
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Large Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas, male
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Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
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Hornet Vespa crabro
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Chrysotoxum bicinctum
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Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus
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Fun in the sun
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Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
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Canon A640 some digiscoped with Leica APO77 x20