Day 23 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Small Red damselfly looks quite like the Large Red you may have in your garden pond. It's smaller & the legs are pink not black. It lives in boggy areas and isn't a generalist like the Large Red. This mating pair was at the great #Devon #WildlifeTrust #BystockPools in August. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates
A sort-of lifer: I'll have seen it loads of times without realising it was Western Gorse instead of the common species. At the #Devon #WildlifeTrust reserve #BystockPools on Monday. #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography
Another of last year's highlights in lieu of #WildflowerHour images from this week. I think this Bog Asphodel was probably my favourite image of last summer, although there were a few more exciting species. This was at #BystockPools in #Devon. It was unusually close to a boardwalk so I could get really close up to it. #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography
Day 24 of the 2022 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar thread. Last but not least, the Large Red #damselfly is the first species to emerge in numbers across the UK each year. Common everywhere including garden ponds. Christmas is almost here, roll on April!
#wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #Bystock #BystockPools #Devon
