Jumping With Damsels

The unexpected warm weather today brought out the damselflies  - it was literally jumping with them down there - they were everywhere...

Surprised just how many were about.  Managed to grab a few close-ups...

Stunning photos Dai! What beautiful creatures and really excellent compositions.

Wow, fabulous photos Dai and I absolutely love damselflies.

Great Images Dai,

There are certainly a lot of damsels about at the moment and Demoiselle's with Beautiful Demoiselle being everywhere, locally, this year, and I saw my first Banded Demoiselle, the other day, on the canal.

The same day I had all four colour forms of the Female Blue Tailed Damselfly in an area a metre or so square.

Am in the middle of processing the images but will try to put a comparative piece together and post it here on the forums

Male Beautiful Demoiselle

Female [Pink Colour form] Blue-tailed Damselfly

Thanks Nigel.  Love the Beautiful Demoiselle pic.  I also saw a lot of mating going on.  This is an example of a 'tandem' pair which was also a common sight when i visited yesterday

Thanks John and Birdie Wild.  They are indeed beautiful creatures and seemingly so delicate and fragile.  I watched as they seemed to be flying upwards and snatching flies in mid-flight then landing on reeds to devour their prey. Fascinating stuff.

Great shot Dai, Strange how they make a Heart shape, perhaps thats how our idea of a heart shape came from ;)

Would love to get a tandem flight shot, (not got a decent flight shot of any kind yet though)

Yes, saw them in tandem in flight Nigel but like you I have not managed to get any in-flight damesel or dragonfly shot - quite tricky I think!

Nice photos :)

Great shots ... weather forecast is a taste of summer next week ... will be heading down to the Wetlands at some point and hope for some butterfly and dragonfly.

Ant