#dragonfly

Common Whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia)

The Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) is one of the UK's most widespread and familiar dragonflies. males feature a bright orange-red body, while females and young adults are a golden-yellow or light brown

Amazing to see my first Brilliant Emeralds at a local loch today! Not a common dragonfly by any means. Easy to spot due to their (unsurprisingly) brilliant emerald sheen but very tricky to photograph as they were lively!

Some lovely dragonfly finds today: migrant hawker, common darter, common blue damselflies @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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It's going to be a week of spending evenings in the garden, thanks latest (or continuing) heatwave. Two dragonflies are entertaining the crap out of us right now. Laps of the garden, close enough to our heads that we could reach out and grab them. If I could video the swift little buggers I […]

A juvenile migrant hawker dragonfly resting on purple loosestrife at the edge of my back garden pond in Galway this afternoon (2nd recorded Galway sighting this year) @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social