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Don't think av ever seen one SMSnappyMac wrote: Tue Jul 29, 2025 2:05 pm Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Photo taken: Stamford, Lincolnshire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford,_Lincolnshire
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) by SnappyMac, on Flickr
Species Information: https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/spec ... emoiselle/
Jacksparrow wrote: Tue Jul 29, 2025 7:37 pm For the first time ever I had one of the larger species of dragonfly come into the house via the patio door. There then followed a 5 minute chase as I tried to usher it back outside
During this hectic interlude I never managed to identify my visitor.
They are not so easy to photograph when they are flying , nice to know they are about though.My book says absent from Scotland Linda
Swap for a bullfinch 
Linda257 wrote: Tue Jul 29, 2025 9:21 pm Your ona will have a pair of bullfinch ready and waiting for you
Thanks Linda
One I don't normally see.Thanks William
a will have a pair of bullfinch ready and waiting for you