Banded Damoiselle

Banded Damoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), Riverside Park, Bristol, June 2026
Banded Damoiselle ♀ (Calopteryx splendens), Riverside Park, Bristol, June 2026

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Banded Damoiselle

joins a merry courtship dance

settles a moment

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by Scooj

  • It took me an eternity to find the female symbol (♀) but I got there in the end.

Large red damselfly

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A hatch of fairies

whirring around back gardens

little red flashes

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by Scooj

Beautiful Demoiselle

 

Rising from the stream

graceful fluterer settles;

an angel in blue.

 

by Scooj

Tales

 

I do believe in

fairies; I have seen many.

They watch over me.

 

by Scooj

2/30 Damselfly

Momentary friend,

a wild beast in my kitchen

now released outside.

 

by Scooj

http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30DaysWildInfo