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Category: Dragonflies

Leybourne Lakes

Last week Keith and I went to Leybourne Lakes Country Park at New Hythe. It was a bright sunny day … More

Common Blue Damselfly, Green Hairstreak, New Hythe and Leybourne Lakes

The First Damselfly of 2026

April marches on into may and on my walk at the end of last week I was delighted to find … More

Large Red Damselfly

Chipstead Down

A visit to this lovely site in Surrey on a bright sunny day was full of promise. My research had … More

Chipstead Down

Black-tailed Skimmer

Some pictures taken on recent trip to Greenwich Peninsular Ecology Park

Black-Tailed Skimmer

Butterflies Galore on Northward Hill

Last Friday I went down to Kent to meet up with my friend Keith and his wife Elaine, who live … More

Butterflies, Northward Hill, White Letter hairstreak

Nature amidst the Tower blocks

A trip to the Ecology Park on the Greenwich Peninsular. this oasis of quiet and nature is surrounded by the … More

Common Tern, Eurasian Coot, Great Tit, Moorhen, Wren

A walk around Eltham Palace

A bright Saturday morning and Sue and I decided to go for a walk around the grounds of Eltham Palace. … More

Eltham Palace

Dragonflies 2024

It does feel it has been a particularly good year for Dragonflies. the number of species I recorded in the … More

Dragonflies

Common Darter

Every year we get a few Common Darters visiting the Tarn. Strangely they all seem to be males and I … More

Common Darter

Of Dragonflies and Butterflies….and a Hobby!

A trip to the London Wetland Centre in search of late summer dragonflies and butterflies last week. Lots of Migrant … More

Canada Goose, Common Darter, Grey Heron, London Wetland Centre, Moorhen

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