After the flowers
Wildflowers round my pond
Waterlilies
More Jubilation
Wildlife Garden Achieved
Hand in hand through their pondlife
Where’s the focus?
The joy of our own pond
I’m so glad we made a pond. Bruce’s back didn’t enjoy it but even he agrees that the pond is worth it. We can sit and watch frogs and newts, and all manner of insects who enjoy being near the water, without even leaving our garden. At the weekend I spent some time watching Damselflies sunbathing and mating in various places across the pond.
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New Damsels (and Newts!)
I spied a couple of Damselflies in the garden the other day, and of course I took photos. I though they were just the standard Azures or Common Blues but on later inspection I discovered I’d found a new Damsel, so introducing … the Dainty Damselfly …
Male:
Male again:
Female:
And while hanging around our garden pond looking for frogs, we were delighted to find NEWTS! So exciting! These are a few photos of baby newts but we also spied at least one adult in there as well 😀
Found a Dragon!
Flight
At the weekend I was having a walk round the village with my daughter and when we reached the village pond there were dragons all around! Lots of Common Darter dragonflies buzzing around, some mating, and also (I think) a Southern Hawker. It was very exciting to be in amongst them and I was lucky enough to get a couple of shots of the Darters in flight! I would have loved to get a shot of the Hawker, but he was much too fast for me!
Here’s one settled on the ground for a better look:
No photos of the Hawker this time sadly, but this is a photo of a Southern Hawker that I managed to capture last year. They’re so pretty!
Garden Tour
I thought I’d show you the pond today. I mentioned when replying to a comment that I really should show you how the pond is going. It looks alot more natural now.
Here’s the pond with our garden chairs where we sit and watch the pondskaters and hope to catch sight of frogs:
And here’s me in my usual position sat looking at it:
Looking from the other side, with the last of the Ragwort:
Another view of the pond where you can see the pond plants (Frogbits and Water Soldiers):
And on the other side of the house, where the Beech tree is starting to change colour – it’s definitely autumnal here:
The sun came sparkling through the tree while I was taking photos, so of course I took a photo of it!
