Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Emerging Southern Hawker.
Howdon Blogger had an almost full sequence of images of an emerging Hawker at Big Waters. I have posted a few at different stages of the metamorphosis showing the development of the wings.This dragonfly is a Southern Hawker which was taken at Thornley Woods pond which is a fantastic place to get close to dragons due to its compact location. This species is very inquisitive and will fly close to investigate you. This species will be on the wing until late September possibly so if you are in the area head for and go past the bird hide, having gone up and over the mound using the stairs, turn left at the bottom and follow the trail into the woods. At the second trail marker( a white figure on a blue background) bear left and there is the pond. Even if there are no dragonflies spend 30 minutes in the peace and quiet of this clearing in the woods.
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John,
ReplyDeleteGreat pics mate. Will give that pond a whirl in the next few days, have never been up that track so thanks for the directions.
John
It's a cozy little spot John and the dragons get close. Helps make up for any disappointment after visiting the bird hide..........although therre has been food out the last twice i've visited.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures John..... reminds me of just how great nature is when you see it in such detail.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lesley. I thought someone might have commented on the wing looking like a piece of lettuce in one shot.
ReplyDeleteWhat's happened to my Comments John ?
ReplyDeleteAnyway as I said a fantastic set of images, I will have to get out and try and find one !!!!
Brian
Looking at the wings in the last two pictures, the difference is incredible. What a transformation!
ReplyDeleteDon't know what comments you mean. Just get y'sell along to Thornley pond then.
ReplyDeleteI sat and watched for over 4 hours Lesley, as i said in earlier post, and was joined by a couple from Durham who i had spoken to earlier. They had come along hoping to see a dragonfly and saw this, they were blown away. They stayed for at least 2 hours, the guy taking multiple images.
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