Round up of my summer of Odonataring in Oxon. I managed to catch up with almost all the recent county colonists

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Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis on the inland Dorset patch this morning....a new species for me & the patch! #UKinsects #UKwildlife #UKodonata

Lifer! Very chuffed today to find my first Red-eyed damselfly (aka Large redeye, Erythromma najas), a teneral female, at a new location in Cardiff. #UKOdonata

Nice to finally see my first dragonfly today, a Hairy hawker (aka Hairy dragonfly, Brachytron pratense) at Cardiff Bay wetlands. #UKOdonata

More butterfly species on the wing here in coastal south Wales: Dingy skipper and Common blue. #UKButterflies
But my favourite shot today was this aptly named Beautiful demoiselle. #UKOdonata

This week's heat is having an effect : saw my first Small copper today and 9 blue damselflies, all Azure. #UKButterflies #UKOdonata

After missing my chance there last summer it was great to see my first Small Red-eyed Damselflies today, with a few on the wing at Parc Menai - including an egg-laying female. Still rare in north Wales I think, but presumably overlooked. #ukodonata @cofnod.org.uk