Comma Polygonia c-album61 viewsshowing it's trademark "Comma" on it's underwing, photographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Comma57 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Brimstone60 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni51 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Red Admiral & Comma46 viewsfeeding on the Ivy that's abundant @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria52 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Speckled Wood52 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Comma49 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Large White Pieris brassicae51 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Darter52 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Common Darter51 viewsphotographed @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta64 viewsPublic Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve is a terrific place to try & get shots of Dragonflies in flight as they patrol up & down right in front of the hide, it probably takes 50 shots to get one decent one, but can be worth the effort.
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Migrant Hawker57 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, likely to be a Migrant Hawker because of it's characteristically stopping mid air & hovering for a few seconds every so often - a good time to try & focus on them & get a shot.
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Migrant Hawker60 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea65 viewstaken into the sun from distance using my 500mm lens which resulted in quite unusual colours. Now ID'd as a Southern Hawker becuase: - the size of its antehumeral stripes, the lack of yellow along the costa eliminates Common Hawker, the stripes on the 9th and 10th abdomen segments (rather than spots), & the small size of the anal clasper rules out Migrant Hawker.
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Common Hawker (I think?)56 viewsFemale ovipositing on the reeds in front of Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker50 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker49 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker51 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker52 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker55 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker54 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawkers53 viewsseen here mating in front of the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawkers54 viewsseen here mating in front of the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawkers57 viewsseen here mating in front of the Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Blue-tailed Damselfly63 views
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Little Emerald caterpillar47 viewsphotgraphed from the causeway @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Hawker Dragonfly111 viewsthis Hawker had somehow managed to land in the water & was struggling for it's life, alas it was well out of reach or I would've scooped it out & put it somewhere to dry out .
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Migrant Hawker - Aeshna mixta54 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker - Aeshna mixta54 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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Migrant Hawker - Aeshna mixta55 viewsphotographed from Public Hide @ Leighton Moss RSPB reserve
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