Finally

Hi . Well done its really exciting to get the first one.

I think it might be a Immature Female Common Darter. But I've not long been taking shots of Dragon flies the BDS site seems to put up shots of males and females and show if the colouration changes on maturity

I've put some links below that might help to identifying it better I only compared for a near match possibly there is someone on the forum that can regularly come up with the right names but I've forgotten his login name:-

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cheers,

Jez

Good macro

nice colours, .. remarkable pose

Good capture, they never stay still long enough for me

Hi All, Many thanks for your kind comments, very much appreciated. Helps to know ifI'm improving or not.

Jeremy - Thank you for the links.

Very nice close up, love his smiley face!