Tag Archives: British Dragonflies

A Mixed Bag of Tuesday Treats

Posted on September 29, 2026 by crispina kemp

Flowers, Foliage, and Flyers from our walk on 18th September 2026, all are here in this week’s Tuesday Treats.  Enjoy 🔼 Let’s start with the flowers, though there’s not many of those now showing their heads. Yet we can always … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

Posted on September 18, 2026 by crispina kemp

Damsels and dragons and a few butterflies camera-captured on our walk on 31st August 2026. Enjoy, these could be the last of the season… 🔼🔽⏬ All Common Darters, but variously male, female and immature 🔼🔽⏬ More Common Darters 🔼🔽 And … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

Posted on August 28, 2026 by crispina kemp

The butterflies and dragons (and one little bird) that I managed to snap along the way on our walk of 11th August 2026 There were more. There were lots more. But it was windy. 🔼 Wall Brown 🔽 🔼 Meadow … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

Posted on July 17, 2026 by crispina kemp

All those wonderful butterflies, and the dragons and damsels, we saw on our walk on 4th July 2026. Enjoy. Oh what a lot we’ve got! 🔼 Speckled Wood 🔼 Gatekeeper 🔽 🔼 Red Admiral 🔽 🔼 Large Skipper 🔽 Small … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers and Fungi

Posted on October 10, 2025 by crispina kemp

Being amongst the wetlands on 24th September 2025 I was able to take a few shots of the late flying dragonflies. And to my delight I also found fungi. Enjoy Late romance leads to late egg laying. But first they … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers

Posted on August 29, 2025 by crispina kemp

Butterflies, Dragons and Damsels encountered on our walk to Tunstall Mills 26th August 2022. Enjoy It’s a white, large or small, I couldn’t say 🔼🔽 ⏬ but this one’s a speckled wood, undeniable 🔼 Comma 🔽 Apologies, I can’t identify … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers

Posted on August 22, 2025 by crispina kemp

A selection of butterflies, damsels and dragons. And a treat from our archived walk on 13th June 2022. Enjoy 🔼 Small Tortoiseshell 🔽 Two moths’ caterpillar: A rather fussy-looking yellow-tailed moth 🔼🔽 and a mullein moth Butterflies: comma and 🔼🔽 … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers

Posted on August 8, 2025 by crispina kemp

Some of the butterflies, damsels and dragons seen on our walk on 25th July 2025. Enjoy 🔼Small white and Green-veined whites 🔽 ⏬ 🔼 Gatekeepers 🔽 🔼 Wall, showing underwing pattern 🔽 male wall ⏬female wall 🔼 Common blue male … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers

Posted on August 1, 2025 by crispina kemp

More butterfly pics, these from our walk on 17th July 2025. Enjoy Peacock, of course 🔼 🔼 Small Copper (my favourite) 🔼 Small Skipper 🔼 Red Admiral (notice a maritime theme here?) 🔼 Small Tortoiseshell 🔼 Gatekeeper, very prolific this … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers

Posted on July 25, 2025 by crispina kemp

Butterflies and Damsels and Dragons photographed on our walk 8th July 2025, part 2. Enjoy Gatekeepers are everywhere 🔼🔽 meadow browns less so Once we’d seen one green-veined white, it seems they too are everywhere 🔼🔽 We get so excited … Continue reading →

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