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Dragonfly and Damselfly Photos 2025
  Hairy Dragonfly, River Thames downstream from Clifton Hampden, Oxon

1 May 2024

Previously this stretch of the river has been favoured with a good number of Clubtail records. So with Clubtails already reported from the Goring area, I thought I would try this location further upstream and a new site for me.

I didn't find any Clubtails but at one point this Hairy Dragonfly was patrolling close in up and down the near bank. It never stopped moving so a difficult subject but I got one burst with focus lock on as it was flying away, from which this photo was taken.

Thereafter I didn't manage to get anything further in focus and it then vanished!

My first in-flight photo of this species. I now just need another with the dragonfly more sideways on, or coming towards me. Larger in the frame would be good too! This was an extreme crop.

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