Field trip with WAB member

highlander2004 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008, 05:38 PM

Hi there,

I am a fairly new member to WAB but after asking a another local member for help and advice on seeing a Beautiful Demoiselle (they are pretty rare up here in the Highlands) I was taken to the site where he had seen them before and sure enough within 10 minutes we not only saw a stunning male but it posed for me so I could take the photo above. Unfortunately it was the only one we managed to see (I think we may have missed the peak emergence/mating time) but the Small Tortoiseshell butterfly and Grasshopper were added bonuses. My thanks go to Seamusagleann for his kind help that day and we even met a couple out walking who told us of another area where they can be seen.
Without WAB help I would be spending the rest of my life looking for this gorgeous damselfly.

Wild-Woman · #2 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008, 05:43 PM

Mmm. It's nice to hear of WAB members meeting up. Can we see your Beautiful Demoiselle though....we've got beautiful moths instead!

Wild-Woman · #3 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008, 05:44 PM

Ah- you fixed it! Well done! They're beauties indeed.

leifus · #4 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008, 05:48 PM

wow great pics! Love beautiful demoiselles and they are quite common down here in the south - your grasshopper is a common green by the way

oh and i love the small tortoiseshell as well - i had a similar pic that I took and i had as my background for a bit (before swapping to rafa nadal

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dmclean2 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008, 06:57 PM

Hi Highlander ,
Great pics, I have quite a lot of damselflies and dragonflies pics, but only managed a rather blurry shot of a beautiful demoiselle , I feel rather envious now, but I'll get one in the end,
Duncan

seamusagleann · #6 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008, 07:12 PM

the pictures turned out well,nick!!...well done!!...it was a good day .hope we can do another site visit soon!!!

highlander2004 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008, 08:11 PM

Thanks for all your kind comments! I could not believe our luck when this particular BD posed for my camera so I think it is about luck as well as photo skills. Hope you get your shot soon dmclean2. Thanks for the comments Seamus. Look forward to another trip soon.

naturegirl · #8 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008, 01:14 AM

Lucky you guys!

Wish there were some fellow WAB members down here in South East Kent to meet up with and share a glass of homemade wine too, hic!

Naturegirl