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  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Wow! @Fairygirl a Golden-ringed Dragonfly and the largest of all dragons.

    Great pictures @CatDouch and everyone else for that matter.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're  pretty common up here on hills/glens @Sheps. I often just stop and watch them for a while when I see them.  :)
    I'm sure I've said before on the forum that when doing one of the Munros in Glen Etive many years ago, there's an open, boggy stretch of ground on the approach, and as we started crossing it, there was an enormous cloud of them rising up in front of us. It was beautiful. I didn't have a video on the camera I had then, but I don't think it would be easy to capture the effect anyway - you had to be there. 
    It was much better than the hill itself, as it's a fairly nondescript outing   ;)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    I'd say the GrD is my favourite dragon, I've only seen one and didn't get the chance to photograph it, so always great to see pictures of them.
  • scrogginscroggin Posts: 437
    Funny seeing all the posts on dragonflies as they were in abundance today at a local lakes complex. I was walking Floss while my better half did parkrun, there were large groups of blue darters and quite a few demoiselles, lovely to see.
  • Having done all I can to make my garden dog get out and chickens get in proof, I was horrified last night to hear much twittering going on outside. I thought the cat had caught a bird but my Shi Tzu had caught one of my neighbours young chickens which had found a way into my garden. My dog was showing all the signs that he thought there was another chicken to catch. Found eventually on top of some shelves in the conservatory. The dog still showed there was another bird around but we couldn't find it. He was on high alert for the rest of the evening, the missing bird eventually wandered home late in the evening.
    I feel mortified, fortunately my neighbour is quite philosophical about the whole incident. It is her choice to let the chickens run free range so I am amazed the local foxes haven't already wreaked havoc with the birds as they did with my previous neighbour's birds.
    I feel I should put up a sign, Beware Killer dog loose!
  • BluejaywayBluejayway Posts: 388
    A thirsty seagull.  It's already had a go at the bird table so some duct tape put a stop to his antics.
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,921
    pansyface said:
    Next time you think of squishing some insect or other, consider these photos first.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-65876963


    Thanks for posting @pansyface. Stunning images!

    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful

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