Tag Archives: British Dragonflies

Friday Special: Butterflies and Dragons

Posted on August 30, 2024 by crispina kemp

It’s not often I return from a walk with a camera heavy with photos of butterflies and dragonflies but our walk in 17th August 2024 was one such occasion. So here they are, all gathered across Acle Marshes. Enjoy… Gatekeeper, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Petals and Wings

Posted on August 27, 2024 by crispina kemp

Some of the details from our walk on 11th August 2024. Enjoy Bindweed in a bind with a hybrid mint while garden escapee golden rod provides the gold to the silver of a grey poplar I’d like to say this … Continue reading →

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Monday Flyers

Posted on September 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

One of the reasons I like this week’s walk is, this time of year, loads of dragonflies. So let’s get to it… And a recent arrival to our shores, I feel privileged to have seen it: Western Willow Widewing Damselfly… … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Some Petals, Some Wings

Posted on September 12, 2023 by crispina kemp

A few of the details from our walk on 16th August 2023. Enjoy. A female “Wall” Pretty blue damselfly A beefy dragon! Tansy and Ladybugs… loads of Ladybugs Common Mallow and St John’s Wort. Love the colour combo! Red Admiral … Continue reading →

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The Dragon Has Landed

Posted on July 1, 2023 by crispina kemp

Down To Earth, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week Two-for-one, back-to-front. To me, this looks like a small plane

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Tuesday Treats: Leaves, Fruits, Flowers and Stuff

Posted on December 6, 2022 by crispina kemp

Some of the smaller details from our walk to Burlingham Woods on 31st October, chosen for their colours Impossible to walk past and not notice… Orange Spindle berries with their pinky bracts… Teasel… of course A solitary late flowering knapweed … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Colour in Details

Posted on November 22, 2022 by crispina kemp

The details, mostly colourful, from our walk on 26th October 2022. Enjoy And to begin, yes, there are still flowers in bloom Unexpected, a dragonfly Oh, those poisonous berries, still hanging around! More berries, this time rowan… Red seems to … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Late Summer Wings

Posted on September 13, 2022 by crispina kemp

Late summer seems the best time to take photos of dragonflies and butterflies…and a few berries. Enjoy Like alien beings, these dragonflies… Dragonflies…getting it on And beautiful the butterflies Comma, wings closed And wings slightly ajar… More Speckles… And to … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Flowers, ‘Flies, and Fungi

Posted on September 6, 2022 by crispina kemp

The title says it all. Photos from 26th August 2022. Enjoy. Yea, yea, I know, I’m obsessed with reeds Like little wetland lamps One of those ‘flies… Another ‘fly… Good survival strategy, to be beneath a wind-blown tree That’s all … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: Winged Beings and All Those Things

Posted on July 5, 2022 by crispina kemp

13th June 2022 is a day I shall always remember, as you shall see if you follow my steps around Wheatfen Reserve… First, the caterpillars, little fluffy ones trying to hide behind a stem… And big colourful ones… And where … Continue reading →

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