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Two Scarlet Darters from our visit to Silverlake, Dorset yesterday, both males. The red one is almost but not quite fully mature. The other is as fresh as they come, probably emerged the same day - and conclusive proof that they are breeding successfully here.
Love is...
Driving someone 90 miles to walk around an 8 sq. miles mosquito infested bog, to find a plant you cannot see properly without a magnifying glass. YES! I found it. I have wanted to see this since I was a kid. There were a few flys caught too and flower stems.
We saw amazing things today.
Whixall Moss Shropshire UK 8th August 2019
I doubt we would have visited this year, I wanted to see the Norman castle that Mick's ancestors built. Ruins upon ruins and that is unlikely to happen this year now.
From a lovely walk in the meadow at Otmoor
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Female Black darter...Sympetrum danae.
Thorne Moor, Sth Yorkshire, England.
The limestone track on the Moor made a good background for this image.
Immature female Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum), Devon England.
As a wildlife photographer how often do you stand in front of a scene thinking "If only an insect/bird would perch on this picturesque plant/tree!"? Well, I was stood in front of hundreds of daisies along the bank of a large pond and was thinking "If only a dragonfly would enter the scene" and this Darter suddenly climbed up from below. Sometimes wishes do come true!
There have been an unusually large number of Australasian Darters at Herdsman Lake this summer - and now I can guess why! The fish in the lake are obviously big and tasty. I am always fascinated by how the darters spear their prey and then have to get the fish off their beak to swallow them Sadly I didn't get too the whole process with this catch as the bird disappeared out of sight around corner.
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London Sovereign
Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer
DPS637 - SK02XHN
Seen on route H14 outside St. George's Centre, Harrow.
Taken 05/12/2016
Misty autumn morning at river Dart at Dartmeet, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England.
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Here in Holland the year so far is.. different. Climatologically spoken. No starlings when the cherries were ripe (for the first time in my life I actually got to eat them!), swallows that were weeks late compared to other years, no kingfishers, no significant rains since April resulting in dry lakes, rivers, ponds and ditches. Weird.
But when we were in the Gambia last month, it looked like Europe isn't the only continent where things are a bit out of whack. Very hot indeed and even here in this birder's paradise there were less birds than usual.
Nonetheless, it still is heaven, floating around on the water, enjoying the peace and quiet of the early mornings.
And when an African Darter flies off, for once nót showing you its shapely bum but a wonderful side-take-off, you forget all those little things instantly.
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
EF600mm f/4L IS II USM
ISO 1250, f4.0, 1/1000s, exp comp -0,33
✨ What a breathtaking moment! I was lucky enough to spot this elegant Oriental Darter soaring through the skies at Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary. The way it glides effortlessly, with its long neck outstretched, makes it truly a sight to behold.
The vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) is a European dragonfly. The species takes its English name from its habit of occasionally appearing as a rare vagrant north of its normal range. However, it is likely to be under-recorded because it is very similar to the common darter (S. striolatum).
The species is common in central and northeast Europe. It breeds in standing water.