Black-tailed Skimmer DSC_3831
Black-tailed Skimmer / orthetrum cancellatum. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk. 09/06/16.
I found this strikingly fresh female Black-tailed Skimmer on a perfect summer day late one afternoon back in June. Whether she had emerged that day I don't know but she was in pristine condition so I think it likely.
There were a lot of dragonflies around a boggy area of rough grassland and reeds. Most were hyperactive and any perching they did was frustratingly brief. It was therefore with measured step that I approached this beauty, hardly daring to breathe. Thankfully she stayed put, allowing me the time to make some images. Eventually, disturbed by a fly, she zipped off low. I was delighted to have met up with her :-)
Black-tailed Skimmer DSC_3831
Black-tailed Skimmer / orthetrum cancellatum. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk. 09/06/16.
I found this strikingly fresh female Black-tailed Skimmer on a perfect summer day late one afternoon back in June. Whether she had emerged that day I don't know but she was in pristine condition so I think it likely.
There were a lot of dragonflies around a boggy area of rough grassland and reeds. Most were hyperactive and any perching they did was frustratingly brief. It was therefore with measured step that I approached this beauty, hardly daring to breathe. Thankfully she stayed put, allowing me the time to make some images. Eventually, disturbed by a fly, she zipped off low. I was delighted to have met up with her :-)