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Hello, Elle!
No, I am wrong.
I thought you had kin in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, not Kirkintilloch.
Ayrshire is on the West coast, South of Glasgow.
Nairn is a nice part of the world.
Quite a bit North of here.
I agree, it is very warm.
Driest summer that I can remember.
I watched a wee bit of Uruguay v Russia football match.
Staying in now, too warm for outside activities!

Hi jazzgirl

I would very much enjoy seeing the photo of the dragonfly, but do not know if i could ID it (partly depends how clear the wings are in your photo). I know a man who could if I can't! Please could you also tell me where you saw it (habitat) and its behaviour. Presumably it was not a male with a bright powder blue abdomen? (though they could be confused with one of the darters). I am quite happy for you to communicate with me via Norah if you like.

Hi Ros

Here goes....
Thanks in anticipation.
It was taken yesterday in her back garden and I think the shrub behind is a Honeysuckle, but I can ask her.
It darted on and off the pole for about 2 hours in total . We are both mad about butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, bees and even bats !



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Yes, definitely Libellula depressa (Broad-bodied chaser), female. That's a fabulous photo, JG. Is it near water, and did you see any of the males?
She's absolutely perfect, even to this description of her legs , "dark brown with tawny bases" and the distinctive wing patches, a streak of tawny brown and golden veins in each patch.
I hope no-one regard this as rude, but the anal appendages are female, so it is definitely not an immature male.
Fabulous and lucky you. The first dragonflies I ever remember seeing were L. quadrimaculata, in Scotland.

Thanks Ros
You are a star!
There was no sign of any males.... I wonder where they were .
Yes, my friend's house is near a lot of water
(a stone's throw from Longham Lakes.)
I spotted a few male Blue- banded Demoiselles in the Box hedge yesterday , but no camera handy. :(

Hello, Jazzgirl and Rosalind.
Hope you do not mind me intruding, but that is an absolutely beautiful creature!
Well done with the picture taking!

Hello rusty
Of course you are not intruding.
Everyone is always welcome to comment on anything here :)

Of course they are, Jazzgirl!

Good evening, Rusty!
It is a beautiful evening!
But the temperature regretfully feels just as hot outside.......
But we have put up one of the pedestal fans in the lounge, so it lovely and cool in here now......
A wonderful invention if one cannot afford air- conditioning!
Ah yes, I see how you were mistaken about Ayrshire!
I have been studying the AA Road Atlas...so am a tad more informed as to the relativity of various places!
I hadn't realised that Nairn is so far north.
Andy Murray has beaten Stan Wawrinka at Eastbourne.
But sadly Heather Watson has gone out.
I only watched the one match though ..and that was to see Karolina Plishkova go through to the next round.
She was last year's winner.
I think we are in for a hot and sticky night!

Good evening, Elle!
Yes, great weather here, too!
Many years since I was at Nairn, but it is in a lovely place.
Charlie Chaplin used to have his holidays there.
I read that Andy had won, looks like he is on the road back from injury.
I read that BBC are only showing the women's matches.
The men's matches have been snapped up by Amazon Prime.
I am not sure how that works?
Eilidh Doyle is injured and misses the Championships at the weekend.
A pity, I like Eilidh!