With very warm temperatures from first light this morning, I decided on a trip over to Oare Marshes again to see whether I could find any Scarce Emerald Damselfly and Dainty Damselfly. On arrival at 8am, it was very warm and barely a breeze. I walked up to the Dainty site through the long grasses and emergent vegetation and was amazed to find 53 Scarce Emerald Damselfly. They seemed to be every where. Most were teneral males and females with the odd maturing male noted. A few were seen making their maiden flights out from the grasses and I spent some time getting a number of images of this delightful little damselfly. With some patience and fieldcraft, I was able to get in quite close with the trusty Sigma 150mm macro. I'm sure if I had continued on checking, that I would have found a lot more but it's very pleasing to see such a good number already. I only managed to find 2 Dainty Damselfly, a teneral male and female. They seem a little later this year and hopefully in the coming few weeks, that their numbers will build. I'm sure I'll have another visit very soon to check on their numbers. Also seen were 6 Hairy Dragonfly and a few Blue tailed, Variable and Azure Damselfly. With the temperatures really getting going by 10am, I decided to call it a day and headed back to an air conditioned car!
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