Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Dragon and Damselflies

Tuesday, 14 August 2018

Dragon and Damselflies - 10th to 26th July 2018 Part 2

20th - Hedgerley landfill

Southern Damselfly

pair in tandem

Black-tailed Skimmer

Azure Damselfly

21st - Hedgerley landfill

Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Large Red-eyed Damselfly

Small Red Damselfly

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Azure Damselfly

Emerald Damselfly

Ruddy Darter

22nd Broadwater GP

Common Blue Damselfly, pair in tandem (below)

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Banded Demoiselle, male (below) and female

Black-tailed Skimmer

23rd - Thursley NNR

Large Red-eyed Damselfly

Keeled Skimmer

Emerald Damselfly

Black Darter, male and female (below)

Four-spotted Chaser

Common Darter

White-lgged Damselfly

24th - Crowthorne Woods

Keeled Skimmer

Emerald Damselfly

Wildmore Heath

Small Red Damselfly

Heath Lake LNR

Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Black-tailed Skimmer

Common Darter

Watermann's Lake, Arborfield

Brown Hawker

Black-tailed Skimmer

White-legged Damselfly, female

Warren Heath

Black-tailed Skimmer, female and male (below)

Four-spotted Chaser

Large Red-eyed Damselfly

Chobham Common

Emerald Damselfly, female and male (below)

Brown Hawker

26th July - Thorney CP

Large Red-eyed Damselfly

Emperor Dragonfly, with a pair of Large Red-eyed
Damselfly in tandem

Common Blue Damselfly

Banded Demoiselle

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.