Hot Day at Kilwood
Visited Kilwood Nature Reserve (DWT) on the 26th May. Really hot day with temperatures up in the high 20’s. It proved a good day for some odenta too, with lots of damsels and chasers on the wing. I even saw but did not photograph very well my first 4 spotted chaser there.
The first nice shot I got on the visit was this Large Red Damselfly on some grass in the woods through to Norden.
Large Red Damselfly. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F5.6 1/1250 Natural Light.
Then I was fortunate to find a Green Hairstreak butterfly on some gorse, this shot though was painful as to get close involved putting face into said gorse…
Green Hairstreak. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F8 1/320 Natural Light.
Around the gorse was some damselflies, including this one I got in flight. The shot is cropped to about 2/3rds of it size.
Damselfly in flight. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F5 1/800 Natural Light.
And this one which was for a short time a bit more static.
Damselfly. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 200 F5 1/125 Natural Light.
On the way back I finally managed to get one of the Broad-bodied chasers to pose nicely for me – it even gave me a cheeky sort of salute.
Broad-bodied Chaser Salutes! Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F9 1/200 Natural Light.
Broad-bodied Chaser. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F4 1/1600 Natural Light.
Map of Location
Dorset Wildlife Trust Reserve. Limited roadside parking
