The brown eyed dragon, (Four-spotted Chaser), watches as we take the path, through the fields of grasses and seeds heads. .
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.On we go, down to the waters edge; a mother and her children scurrying away,
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.as another, herds her adolescence towards the safety of deeper waters, her eyes locked on ours, for signs of danger.
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.The edge of the lake holds more plants, and rich coloured grasses.
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Betony.
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Yellow Loosestrife
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And the edges of the water, more dragons, go about their business,
Black-tailed Skimmer
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Yellow Loosestrife.
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And the edges of the water, more dragons, go about their business,
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Black-tailed Skimmer.
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Emperor Dragonfly
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And far out over the lake, Damsels skim the water, egg laying and feeding.
Common Blue
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Emperor Dragonfly.
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And far out over the lake, Damsels skim the water, egg laying and feeding.
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Butterflies gently float around us, and soon settle to take in food from the flowers, or drink from the waters edge.
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Common Blue.
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Holly Blue
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and from the trees, the birds eye us with suspicion,
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Holly Blue.
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A Jay flies past, as we fill our senses with the magic nature offers us,
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.and from the trees, the birds eye us with suspicion,
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Blue Tit
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Nuthatch
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We’ll sit a while, and rest.
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Blue Tit.
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Nuthatch.
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We’ll sit a while, and rest.
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23 comments:
Your walk to the water was indeed very rewarding. The photos are so nice!
I enjoyed that illustrated ramble by the water. Such a lot to see.
A lot of absolutely amazing shots Keith, very artistic.
Thank you for this nice walk Keith ;)
Thank you for your comment Bhavesh :)
John, thank you for your comment.
Thanks for your comment Roy. And I’ll get that ID changed. Cheers.
Pescalune, thank you. Glad you enjoyed the walk :)
Wonderful shots, looks like a wonderful experience
: )
Yes and all is well. A good job too otherwise I would have missed a superb post.
The duck family is my favourite, but all pictures are nice.
Praying all goes well with your heart!
The details on these are just exquisite! The colors are amazing, and I loved each and every one. :)
I tried to save a baby bird last night. It was probably only a day old, and before I got to it, my friend had tried to put it back in the next several times, and it fell several times. When she told me about it, it was really late, and the bird was soooo cold.
I warmed it and tried to feed it like the emergency rescue place said, but I lost it. :( I feel awful.
Your pictures made me feel better. Thank you!
Hugs to you!
Sarah, thank you for your comment. Yea, it’s a lovely lake to visit this time of year.
Adrian, thank you.
Thanks for pointing that out earlier mate. Some bad code in there perhaps?
Going to affect a lot of sites.
Kozma, thank you. Glad you enjoyed them.
Jen, thanks for your thoughts, and kind words.
Don’t feel bad about the baby bird. It is so difficult to save them when they are so young. Doesn’t make it any easier to bare though. I’d probably be bawling myself ;)
Wow, you have a dab hand when your pics of the dragonflies.
Sigh..... what a relaxing and wonderful walk to the water Keith.
I love the beigey-pink colours of the grass with the subtle greens of the background. You really do have an excellent eye for composition my friend. :D
Thank you Bob :)
Tricia, thank you. Very nice of you to say that. :)
Lovely as always, and a great mix of close-up and far away shots.
...that first dragon is just incredible and I love the motley little Blue Tit--so sweet!
Thank you JoLynne. I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Thanks Kelly. The little Blue Tit looked quite scruffy....in a cute way lol
Beautiful photos! I really enjoyed seeing them.
Excellent. I love the multi Damsels shot.
The nuthatch is poised at the starting line ...on your marks gets set go... Wehey you've saved me the trouble of looking up the lilac plant I took pictures of a couple a weeks ago, the Betony eh.
Thank you for stopping by Shelley, and leaving a comment. Glad you enjoyed them.
Thanks Hilary. I was surprised how many of those damsels were flying around at the time.
Thanks Debbie. Yea, a lovely plant isn't it. ;)
Great Work with your camera on this post Keith..amazing quality!! I love the dragons and the wee babes of course..terrific..
Thank you for your comments Dixxe. :)
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