Dragonflies

Funnily enough, I saw a big one ,I think an emperor, yesterday in my local park. We have an allotment and I saw quite a few there in the summer.

Same thing on the wasp front here, 123kitty. I'm allergic to their sting so they weren't missed!

Please do post the video if you can find it, HiPpyChick. From the sounds of it, I won't be the only one to appreciate it.

That's a beautiful photograph, dragonfly46! I shall look at that until next summer to keep me going.

FranP, funnily enough, a swarm of bees shot around the side of the house a few months back and hovered (somewhat alarmingly!) outside my window. The sight and sound was amazing! Shall we swap next summer?

I'm so pleased so many of you saw some this year.

Yes, they occasionally fly into the lounge and fly out again. See them all the time in the summer, I'm sure I saw one a couple of weeks ago.

Yes. We live in a village and walk around our hill most days and saw dragonflies in the summer.

Saw some beautiful iridescent Bluey/green coloured ones hovering back and forth on a small lake that we pass on one of our walks. I’m not sure if I took a short video one time. If I can find it I’ll try and put it on here if I can.

Never had them before, but invaded this year, so now you know where they went Ilovedragoflies#

Now if someone will send my white bottomed bees back please..

I've seen them at large pond an SSSI area five minutes from my home.

Hardly any wasps here in South Gloucester (I’m not complaining- just saying)

Lots around the pond at the gîte where we stayed this year, but none by the beck here, where we usually see them.

In late summer a beautiful one laid eggs on our little pond. We were thrilled

Urban dweller here. Unfortunately a lot of the gardens round here are paved, decked or concrete eyesores, unattractive for wildlife, mine is pretty lush with water features etc for mini beasts. We get quite a lot of dragon flies and damsel flies.

Yes here in Somerset but quite late in the summer.

Gardenersdelight2

Yes definitely seen them and damselflies this summer
Live in Suffolk

I m in Suffolk too and had them in my garden this year have a small pond and love watching them

Yes I love dragonflies too. This is a picture of one in my garden

Regular visitors to our garden, the benefit of a small river behind our fence. Love watching them. I find the toads under every container less appealing though!

We have a large pond. Lots of damsel and dragonflies this year, plus newts .

We were driving along a lochside on holiday in August, with the windows open, and a large golden creature blew in. Have never seen one that colour.
Had to stop, to get it out safely.
It was beautiful.

Yes, we saw a few this year and never saw any around the garden until about three years ago.
Sometimes they venture into the conservatory and I have to usher them out as they're too large for the bee catcher.

We have another dragonfly lover on here -*dragonfly46*.

The large ones are the ones I have always seen, beautiful iridescent blues and greens. I'm in South Norfolk. I'm so glad some of us have seen them this year; thank you for putting my mind at rest

We regularly have them in our garden, during the Summer, normally later in the day.
We have a pond & so do next door, but otherwise no other water around.
There are a lot of fields & hedgerows around us.
They are the very large type Dragonflies

Just a few this year in/over our little pond.
Some years we have lots.

Yes definitely seen them and damselflies this summer
Live in Suffolk