With a window in the weather yesterday, we dashed out of the office to try a bit of app field testing... and to catch up with a species that was new for all of us in the process.
Completely red abdomen, dark thorax, red eyes, reddish legs and reddish pterostigma... It must be a Small Red Damselfly! And thankfully our app agrees.
They were surprisingly common and showed well, until the sun went behind a cloud at which point they would instantly melt away into the vegetation.
Also on site were Keeled Skimmer:
...Emerald Damselfly:
...and Black Darter:
Other stuff on site included this tiny Palmate Newt:
And several species of insectivorous plant. Butterwort sp.:
...Round-leaved Sundew:
...and Narrow-leaved Sundew
Huge thanks to Betty at QinetiQ, without whom our visit wouldn't have been possible.
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