The highlight was undoubtedly our Naturetrek holiday to Sardinia, thank you Andy and Gerald, which my long-suffering wife bore with such good grace whilst her hubby crawled around in the undergrowth. The weather was ideal, the hotels were good, the guides were good company and knowledgeable and there was a lively mix of people on the trip. We only saw 14 different Dragons and 8 Damsels but the locations were good and we got very good views. We also saw a huge number of birds and an impressive list of Butterflies.
Debbie and I also got away for two weeks in Cyprus and whilst the selection was not extensive, mostly Red veined Darters, we also saw a few Violet Dropwings which I find very difficult to get a good photograph of so it was good to have a bit of practice.
In the UK Graham and I managed to get in a superb day at Smallhanger where again the variety wasn't great but the views we got of Black Darters, a female Emperor and any number of Emerald Damsels made it a great day.
UK list this year consists of:
6 species of Damsels
12 species of Dragons.
Probably the worst year for a while and even the emergences from the pond were way down on last year with 1 Common Red Damsel and 12 Southern Hawkers (down from 19 last year).
I have started to get to grips with Lightroom and sorting through my images but this will take a while but in the meantime here are a few of this years efforts.
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