I have uploaded several of my photographs and some from Andrew Harmer of
Dragonflies and Damselflies. Andrew won the 1996 British Dragonfly Society
photographic competition with his stunning pictures of dragonflies in flight.
This page gives the species name, a brief description of the image and the
location and year photographed. It is arranged in the classification order used
in The Dragonflies of Europe by R. R. Askew.
I will be adding to the pictures held here from time to time.
| Calopteryx virgo - Beautiful Demoiselle | Male perched on reeds | River Tove, Abthorpe - 1997 |
| Calopteryx virgo - Beautiful Demoiselle | Male and females perched on reeds | River Tove, Abthorpe - 1997 |
| Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle | Male perched on umbellifer | River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle | Female perched on umbellifer | River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle | Pair in tandem | River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle | Male perched on reed | River Ouse, Cold Brafield - 1988 |
| Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle | Female on Nettle | River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle | Male eating a mayfly | River Thames, Goring - 1997 |
| Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle | Pair in mating wheel | ARC Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1997 |
| Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle | Male caught in spider's web | River Thames, Goring - 1997 |
| Lestes sponsa - Emerald Damselfly | Male on rushes | Near Epping Forest - 1992 |
| Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damselfly | Top view of male | Christchurch, Hampshire - 1997 |
| Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damselfly | Female on gorse | Christchurch, Hampshire - 1997 |
| Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damselfly | Male | Haversham, Milton Keynes - 1999 |
| Erythromma najas - Red-eyed Damselfly | Male on water lily pad | Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1995 |
| Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly | Side view of male | River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly | Top view of male | River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly | Males in tandem with females ovipositing in Water Crowfoot | River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly | Teneral specimen caught in spider's web | River Thames, Goring - 1997 |
| Coenagrion puella - Azure Damselfly | Top view of male | River Ousel, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Coenagrion puella - Azure Damselfly | Side view of male | River Tove, Castlethorpe - 2000 |
| Enallagma cyathigerum - Common Blue Damselfly | Side view of male | Emberton Park, Olney - 1992 |
| Enallagma cyathigerum - Common Blue Damselfly | Many males on reeds | ARC Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1997 |
| Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly | Immature female (f. violacea) | Emberton Park, Olney - 1991 |
| Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly | Side view of male | Walton Lake, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly | Side view of female | River Tove, Castlethorpe - 2000 |
| Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly | Pair in mating wheel | Emberton Park, Olney - 1991 |
| Ceriagrion tenellum - Small Red Damselfly | Side view of male | New Forest, Hampshire - 1991 |
| Ceriagrion tenellum - Small Red Damselfly | Pair in tandem | New Forest, Hampshire - 1991 |
| Ceriagrion tenellum - Small Red Damselfly | Male | New Forest, Hampshire - 1991 |
| Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly | Newly emerged male drying its wings | River Thames, Goring - 1997 |
| Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly | Emerging | River Thames, Goring - 1997 |
| Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly | Newly emerged male, close-up of head | River Thames, Goring - 1997 |
| Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly | Newly emerged male drying its wings | River Thames, Goring - 1997 |
| Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker | In flight! | by Andrew Harmer - 1996 |
| Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker | Side view of female | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker | Top view of female | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker | Close up | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker | Female ovipositing on floating log | Ashton Mill Dragonfly Museum, Oundle - 1997 |
| Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker | Female ovipositing on floating log | Ashton Mill Dragonfly Museum, Oundle - 1997 |
| Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker | Female in flight with butterfly | by Andrew Harmer - 1996 |
| Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker | Male - perched | by Anne Groves - 1998 |
| Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker | Male - perched | Howe Park Wood - 2000 |
| Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker | Close-up of eyes | Hanslope - 2000 |
| Aeshna isosceles - Norfolk Hawker | Male(?) on reed | Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk - 1993 |
| Aeshna isosceles - Norfolk Hawker | Male(?) on reed | Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk - 1998 |
| Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker | Top view of male | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker | Male in flight | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker | Female, three-quarter view | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker | Top view of male | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Brachytron pratense - Hairy Dragonfly | Side view of male | Blue Lagoon - 2000 |
| Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Libellula | Top view of male | Pitstone Fen, near Tring - 1991 |
| Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Libellula | Side view of male | Emberton Park, Olney - 1991 |
| Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted Libellula | Side view of male | River Ouse, Haversham - 1993 |
| Libellula depressa - Broad-bodied Libellula | Top view of male | Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Libellula depressa - Broad-bodied Libellula | Three quarter view of female | Porton Down, Hampshire - 1993 |
| Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer | Front view of male | Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1992 |
| Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer | Male basking on ground | Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes - 1997 |
| Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer | Female basking on ground | Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk - 1998 |
| Orthetrum coerulescens - Keeled Skimmer | Side view of female on Heather | Thursley Common, Surrey - 1991 |
| Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter | Top view of male | Emberton Park, Olney - 1991 |
| Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter | Top view of male | Blue Lagoon, Milton Keynes - 1984 |
| Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter | Pair in mating wheel | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter | Top view of male | Emberton Park, Olney - 1996 |
| Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter | Old individuals sunbathing on tree trunk | Little Linford Wood - 1996 |
| Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter | Top view of female | Cosgrove - 1998 |
| Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter | Close-up of female | Hanslope - 2000 |
| Sympetrum sanguineum - Ruddy Darter | Male, side view | Great Linford, Milton Keynes - 1995 |
