{"id":6264,"date":"2018-08-06T16:11:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T16:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=6264"},"modified":"2018-08-06T16:54:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T16:54:23","slug":"bramshill-dragonflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/06\/bramshill-dragonflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bramshill Dragonflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6265\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RSCN5478-Small-Red-Damselfly-Bramshill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RSCN5478-Small-Red-Damselfly-Bramshill-1024x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RSCN5478-Small-Red-Damselfly-Bramshill-1024x533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RSCN5478-Small-Red-Damselfly-Bramshill-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RSCN5478-Small-Red-Damselfly-Bramshill-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RSCN5478-Small-Red-Damselfly-Bramshill-768x399.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small Red Damselfly, from the pond below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6267\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5464-A-Bramshill-Pond-succession.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5464-A-Bramshill-Pond-succession-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5464-A-Bramshill-Pond-succession-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5464-A-Bramshill-Pond-succession-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5464-A-Bramshill-Pond-succession-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5464-A-Bramshill-Pond-succession-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5464-A-Bramshill-Pond-succession.jpg 1345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pond at Bramshill. Reedmaces in foreground, water level well down in current drought. Succession (sere) from open water &#8211; floating pondweed &#8211; emergent plants e.g. rushes, then reed and reedmace, then willow bushes, finally birch-oak mixed forest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6269\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5466-Black-Tailed-Skimmer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5466-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-1024x911.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5466-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-1024x911.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5466-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5466-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5466-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5466-Black-Tailed-Skimmer.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black-Tailed Skimmer on his lookout perch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6272\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5489-Common-Darter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6272\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5489-Common-Darter-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5489-Common-Darter-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5489-Common-Darter-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5489-Common-Darter-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5489-Common-Darter-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5489-Common-Darter.jpg 1383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Darter: he too constantly returned to this perch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6276\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5499-Brown-Hawker-female-ovipositing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5499-Brown-Hawker-female-ovipositing-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5499-Brown-Hawker-female-ovipositing-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5499-Brown-Hawker-female-ovipositing-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5499-Brown-Hawker-female-ovipositing-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5499-Brown-Hawker-female-ovipositing-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5499-Brown-Hawker-female-ovipositing.jpg 1513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brown Hawker female, ovipositing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6278\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5507-The-beach-on-the-Long-Pond-Bramshill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6278 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5507-The-beach-on-the-Long-Pond-Bramshill-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5507-The-beach-on-the-Long-Pond-Bramshill-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5507-The-beach-on-the-Long-Pond-Bramshill-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5507-The-beach-on-the-Long-Pond-Bramshill-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5507-The-beach-on-the-Long-Pond-Bramshill-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5507-The-beach-on-the-Long-Pond-Bramshill.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;beach&#8217; on the Long Pond, Bramshill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6280\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5508-Emperor-Dragonfly-on-reedmaces-at-end-of-Long-Pond-Bramshill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5508-Emperor-Dragonfly-on-reedmaces-at-end-of-Long-Pond-Bramshill-572x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5508-Emperor-Dragonfly-on-reedmaces-at-end-of-Long-Pond-Bramshill-572x1024.jpg 572w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5508-Emperor-Dragonfly-on-reedmaces-at-end-of-Long-Pond-Bramshill-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5508-Emperor-Dragonfly-on-reedmaces-at-end-of-Long-Pond-Bramshill-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5508-Emperor-Dragonfly-on-reedmaces-at-end-of-Long-Pond-Bramshill-768x1376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5508-Emperor-Dragonfly-on-reedmaces-at-end-of-Long-Pond-Bramshill.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Dragonfly on reedmaces at end of Long Pond, Bramshill. Zipping about were lots of blue\/azure damselflies, common darters, and black-tailed skimmers, and a few bluetails.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6283\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5515-The-Long-Pond-Bramshill-perfect-dragonfly-habitat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5515-The-Long-Pond-Bramshill-perfect-dragonfly-habitat-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5515-The-Long-Pond-Bramshill-perfect-dragonfly-habitat-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5515-The-Long-Pond-Bramshill-perfect-dragonfly-habitat-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5515-The-Long-Pond-Bramshill-perfect-dragonfly-habitat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5515-The-Long-Pond-Bramshill-perfect-dragonfly-habitat-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5515-The-Long-Pond-Bramshill-perfect-dragonfly-habitat.jpg 1474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Long Pond, Bramshill &#8211; perfect dragonfly habitat. Open water with floating weed, bordered by beds of rushes, reeds, willow and alder bushes. Conifers in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6286\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5517-Handsome-yellow-composite-in-forest-ditch-Bramshill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6286\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5517-Handsome-yellow-composite-in-forest-ditch-Bramshill-773x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5517-Handsome-yellow-composite-in-forest-ditch-Bramshill-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5517-Handsome-yellow-composite-in-forest-ditch-Bramshill-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5517-Handsome-yellow-composite-in-forest-ditch-Bramshill-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5517-Handsome-yellow-composite-in-forest-ditch-Bramshill-768x1018.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN5517-Handsome-yellow-composite-in-forest-ditch-Bramshill.jpg 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Fleabane &#8211; a handsome yellow composite in forest ditch, Bramshill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[424,1341,1342,1344,1343,428,427],"class_list":["post-6264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-history","tag-black-tailed-skimmer","tag-bramshill","tag-brown-hawker","tag-common-fleabane","tag-dragonfly-ovipositing","tag-emperor-dragonfly","tag-small-red-damselfly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6264"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6288,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264\/revisions\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}