Damselflies

My small garden pond is still producing numerous Azure Damselflies. which appear on warmer days.

Azure Damselfly.  Click to enlarge.   Photo. John Elliott.

Very similar to the other species of blue damselflies, the Azure is distinguished by the much narrower blue stripes on the thorax, just behind the head, and by the black markings on the last segment of the tail. The females are mostly black with only a few blue markings.
A walk down the Weymouth road this afternoon, the first for several weeks, revealed only a single Beautiful Demoiselle damselfly which didn't linger long enough for a photo. Walkng back along the permissive path a Little Egret appeared making its way down the valley, occasionally dipping down into the stream, and a thin scattering of butterflies included Comma,  Large Skipper. Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Small Heath and Ringlet. All were very active in the warm sunshine, so no photos.