Nature in Devon

Devon nature reserve at Lower Bruckland Farm

Archive for the 'Dragonflies' Category


   Nov 23

Kestrel & Dragonfly

Kestrel & Dragonfly, a set on Flickr. And just to show that it’s not all frogs and crane flies, Keith has also sent us these fantastic photos of a kestrel and a brown dragonfly… Again, thanks to Keith for being a sport and sending them in!

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   Aug 24

Close-up Nature Photos from Keith West

All photos © Keith West. Some more photos from Keith West today. They’ve been sitting in my email for some time so apologies to Keith for not getting them uploaded more quickly! When sending these, Keith did mention some of the equipment he uses: For most of the close-up work I have a perspex box 21X15X3.5 [...]

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   Aug 25

Name that… flying insect?

A bit of an irregular post this one… but I we need some help. One of our readers sadly encountered this dead creature in the middle of Exeter… Unfortunately all we have to go on is a picture from a mobile phone, captured on another mobile phone. The details: between 5-8 inches long The lighter [...]

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