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Devon interlude, September 2016: Dragonfly in flight

Dragonfly in flight

Southern hawker dragonfly adult in flight over a pond. Unlike darters, hawkers seem to fly without pausing, moving fast and jinking frequently as they pass back and forth across the patch of water which forms their territory.

This post and the previous one were taken by the ponds of Chambercombe Manor, just outside Ilfracombe, which attract a range of interesting insects and birds.