Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Dragonflies

Monday 1 June 2020

Dragonflies - May 2020

A series of photos of some of Mays' dragon and damselflies.

Common Blue Damselfly - Wraysbury GP

Hairy Drafonfly - Staines Moor

Banded Demoiselle - Staines Moor

Azure Damselfly - Harmondsworth Moor CP

Red-eyed Damselfly - Goring-upon-Thames

Larged Red Damselfly - Cholsey

Beautifuyl Demoiselle - Sheffield Bottom

Four-spotted Chaser - Chobham Common

Variable Damselfly - Widbrook Common

Blue-tailed - Widbrook Common

Emperor Dragonfly - Wraysbury GP

Black-tailed Skimmer - Chobham Common

Borad-bodied Chaser - Botany Bay

Downy Emerald - Botany Bay

White-legged Damselfly

Barred Grass Snake - Chobham Common

About us

Chris and Denise Lamsdell

We have both been birders for about 40 years based in South Bucks near the West London reservoir complexes.

Since September 2021 we have been based in North Norfolk. We have done our bit of twitching in the past, but with other priorities this has become a much reduced activity with a preference for seeing new birds where ever our travels take us.

We both have been ringing since 2005. Our local group was the Runnymede RG while based in Buckinghamshire. Since moving to Norfolk we have started a new group called The Iceni Bird Monitoring Group, aimed at increasing public engagement through colour ringing projects on Black-headed Gull, Turnstone and Lapwing. We ring at several sites including Sculthorpe Moor, Sandringham Estate, Deepdale Farm and also monitor bird populations for the Norfolk Rivers Trust. We do ringing at home and support with foreign projects when opportunities allow. Chris also has an interest in Butterflies and Dragonflies and contains his limited photographic skill to them.