Phew!

 An after work trip along to Weldon to check out any dragonfly activity at the pond in the woodland park. Temperatures remain high and may perhaps have been too hot for some of the larger species, it certainly was a bit much for me!

Small Red-eyeds and Common Blues doing what comes naturally!

Star of the show were the many Small Red-eyed Damselflies, loads were engaging in breeding behaviour over the water or on the pond weed while others hunted around the tips of overhanging branches or just perched on them. Still quite a few Red-eyed Damsels and Common Blues too with just a few Banded Demoiselles and a single Blue-tailed as well. Small numbers of dragons included a couple each of Emperor and Brown Hawker and I also saw a single male Ruddy Darter.

Ruddy Darter and Emperor.

While I wasn't really looking at the other wildlife I did hear a Kingfisher and saw a few butterflies including Brown Argus and Common Blue.

Brown Hawker and Common Blue.