Cornish Dragonfly Images
Welcome to my gallery of dragonflies occuring in Cornwall
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written by anthony singleton, August 16, 2009
hi just admiring your photo's, we are new to dragonfly's but have spent the last 2 summers at brenny common. On august 14th documented by photo a few common species: common blue,southern hawker(female), black tailed skimmer(female). Was wondering if you could recommend a good dragonfly book to help us identify what we see, we live in bodmin so after viewing your photo's we itend to try out some of the areas you have used! many thanks anthony & phay.
written by SteveJ, August 16, 2009
Hi Anthony & Phay,
Glad to hear that you are finding my dragonfly photos useful, Breney Common is a great place to learn your dragons. The dragonfly book that I would most recommend, because of the quality of it's illustrations, it's size & portability, and informative text is the Field Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of Great Britain & Ireland by Steve Brooks, with illustrations by Richard Lewington, published by British Wildlife Publishing. I'm pretty sure it still available through Amazon.
Regards
Steve
Glad to hear that you are finding my dragonfly photos useful, Breney Common is a great place to learn your dragons. The dragonfly book that I would most recommend, because of the quality of it's illustrations, it's size & portability, and informative text is the Field Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of Great Britain & Ireland by Steve Brooks, with illustrations by Richard Lewington, published by British Wildlife Publishing. I'm pretty sure it still available through Amazon.
Regards
Steve
written by Nigel Clackworthy, August 26, 2011
hi steve i live in goldsithney is there a perticular time of the day that i should go and see if i can find any dragonflys ..I love the pictures you have got and im hoping to get some of my own do the dragonflys only live around the waters edge or is it a little inland as well .Many thanks nigel c
written by SteveJ, August 26, 2011
Hi Nigel,
Thanks for the feedback, dragonflies are most active between 10.30am & 4.00pm on a sunny day and can easily be spotted around water. However they are much more approachable first thing in the morning (before they have warmed up enough to fly or in the evening when the day is cooling, but in both instances they will be much more difficult to find because they will usually be away from water. Dragonflies often go well away from water to roost, feed & mature, look along sheltered sunny glades where there are lots of wild flowers to attract smaller insects which the dragonflies feed on. The pools at St.Gothian Sands, Gwithian, (through a pedestrian gate in the fence), Windmill Farm Nature Reserve on the Lizard peninsula, and a number of sites along the Red River Valley near Camborne are good places to go for dragonfly photography. Keep an eye out for next years field meetings here on the website and indoor meetings this coming spring. It would good to have you along.
Regards
Steve
Thanks for the feedback, dragonflies are most active between 10.30am & 4.00pm on a sunny day and can easily be spotted around water. However they are much more approachable first thing in the morning (before they have warmed up enough to fly or in the evening when the day is cooling, but in both instances they will be much more difficult to find because they will usually be away from water. Dragonflies often go well away from water to roost, feed & mature, look along sheltered sunny glades where there are lots of wild flowers to attract smaller insects which the dragonflies feed on. The pools at St.Gothian Sands, Gwithian, (through a pedestrian gate in the fence), Windmill Farm Nature Reserve on the Lizard peninsula, and a number of sites along the Red River Valley near Camborne are good places to go for dragonfly photography. Keep an eye out for next years field meetings here on the website and indoor meetings this coming spring. It would good to have you along.
Regards
Steve
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