Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
A female Southern Hawker dragonfly above my mum's very small pond. Wouldn't settle long, or let you get close, but I managed to get the following poor quality photo on my phone of her flying - without falling in the pond

Nice one.

Is this year an exceptionally good one for dragonflies? I seem to have seen so many more than usual, but perhaps I've just 'tuned-in' to their presence more than usual.