New Damselfly.

Banded Demoiselle                           Photo John Elliott

This year is proving to be very good for Dragonflies and Damselflies in my wildlife garden. Two recent arrivals are a Common Darter and a Banded Demoiselle, the latter being a first record in the valley. It is supposed to prefer slowly flowing waters in contrast to the very similar Beautiful Demoiselle which likes fast flowing streams and occurs down the Weymouth Road. The obvious difference between the two is that the wing colouration of the Beautiful Demoiselle extends over the whole wing length wereas the Banded lives up to its name and has only a central pigmented band.

Also on the garden pond, a Common Darter which visited briefly.

Common Darter.    Click to enlarge.  Photo John Elliott

Also towards bottom left, a Helophilus Hover Fly, but which one in this very numerous Genus I don't know.

No news yet of my sponsored Cuckoo. It is one of four which have gone silent this year in Spain.