Whilst down at Westbere earlier in the week, I thought I would try for a few flight shots with the Norfolk Hawkers. They were found in good numbers with 36 Norfolk Hawker seen. As ever, a bit of homework needed to be done so I found a few likely individuals and set about watching them and getting a bit of information about where they were pausing to hover, height, direction and the background behind them. After a few potentials, I did find an area where I was able to settle in and watch a Norfolk Hawker flying up and down. I was able to fire off a number of images using manual mode. I often find that as I'm taking the shots, I am ever so slightly turning the manual focus in the hope one of them will be sharper. You often get out of focus shots but occasionally, you get a useable image. After c20 minutes, they often move off to find other areas to patrol. I moved on soon after where in a couple of hours I noted 9 Black tailed Skimmer, 41 Scarce Chaser, 7 Hairy Dragonfly, 4 Emperor Dragonfly, 1 Four spotted Chaser, 100+ Banded Demoiselle, 1 Lesser Emperor (male) and good numbers of Azure, Variable, Blue tailed Damselfly with lesser numbers of Red eyed and Common Blue Damselfly. A nice session with plenty to see and photograph.
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