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MIKE READ
  • MIKE READ
  • ILLUSTRATED TALKS
    • Wildlife of a Hampshire Parish
    • Travels with a Camera
    • Hampshire – Nature in Trust
    • Wildlife of a Working Forest
    • Corsica – Mountains in the Mediterranean
    • Aotearoa – Land of the Long White Cloud
    • The Falklands – Islands of Kings, Tyrants and Giants
    • France North and South
    • Nature of the Vercors – A Secret Corner of France
    • Rocky Mountain Magic.
    • Scottish Wildlife
    • The Art and Skills of Digital Wildlife Photography
  • GALLERIES
    • LANDSCAPES
      • England
      • New Forest – My Local Area
      • Scotland
      • Wales
      • France
      • Other European Countries
      • North America
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      • New Zealand
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    • WILDLIFE
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      • MAMMALS
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      • BUTTERFLIES
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      • OTHER INSECTS
      • FUNGI & SEAWEEDS
      • MOLLUSCS & ARACHNIDS
  • TOURS
    • The French Pyrenees In Summer
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    • Terms and Conditions of booking on a Mike Read Tour
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MIKE READ
Wildlife and Landscape Photographer, Lecturer and Tour Guide
  • MIKE READ
  • ILLUSTRATED TALKS
    • Wildlife of a Hampshire Parish
    • Travels with a Camera
    • Hampshire – Nature in Trust
    • Wildlife of a Working Forest
    • Corsica – Mountains in the Mediterranean
    • Aotearoa – Land of the Long White Cloud
    • The Falklands – Islands of Kings, Tyrants and Giants
    • France North and South
    • Nature of the Vercors – A Secret Corner of France
    • Rocky Mountain Magic.
    • Scottish Wildlife
    • The Art and Skills of Digital Wildlife Photography
  • GALLERIES
    • LANDSCAPES
      • England
      • New Forest – My Local Area
      • Scotland
      • Wales
      • France
      • Other European Countries
      • North America
      • South America including the Falkland Islands
      • New Zealand
    • DETAILS
    • WILDLIFE
      • BIRDS
      • FLORA
      • MAMMALS
      • AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES
      • BUTTERFLIES
      • DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES
      • OTHER INSECTS
      • FUNGI & SEAWEEDS
      • MOLLUSCS & ARACHNIDS
  • TOURS
    • The French Pyrenees In Summer
    • North Norfolk Coast in Autumn
    • Terms and Conditions of booking on a Mike Read Tour
    • Tour Booking Form
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT ME
Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo resting on a monkey flower in a garden, Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England, UK, June 2018
5MD00107 Beautiful demoiselle
Common bluet damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum on a nettle leaf, Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve, Ellingham, near Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK, May 2018
5MD00103 Common blue damselfly
Common bluet damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum on a grass stem, Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve, Ellingham, near Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK, May 2018
5MD00101 Common blue damselfly
Twelve spotted skimmer Libellula pulchella perched on a dead stick beside a lake Sackville Waterfowl Park Sackville New Brunswick Canada August 2017
5MD00099 Twelve spotted skimmer
Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata resting on a dead branch Arne RSPB reserve Dorset England UK July 2017
5MD00096 Four-spotted chaser
Blue emperor Anax imperator female ovipositing in garden pond Ringwood Hampshire England UK August 2016
5MD00093 Blue emperor
Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta resting on leeks in a garden vegetable plot Ringwood Hampshire England UK August 2016
5MD00083 Migrant hawker
Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta resting on support cable in a garden Ringwood Hampshire England UK August 2016
5MD00080 Migrant hawker
Blue emperor dragonfly Anax imperator female egg laying
5MD00075 Blue emperor dragonfly
Southern hawker Aeshna cyanea
5MD00055 Southern hawker
Blue emperor Anax imperator male in flight
5MD00049 Blue emperor
Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo damselfly above New Forest stream New Forest National Park Hampshire England UK
5MD00041 Beautiful demoiselle
Southern hawker Aeshna cyanea teneral recently emerged from exuvia
5MD00060 Southern hawker
Common darter Sympetrum striolatum in garden Ringwood Hampshire England
5MD00032 Common darter
Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata at rest Brownsea Island Dorset Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve Dorset England
5MD00016 Four-spotted chaser
Broad-bodied chaser Libellula depresa Parc Naturel Regional de La Brenne France
5MD00036 Broad-bodied chaser
Common Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
5MD00003 Common Blue-tailed Damselfly
Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens female covered with dew at rest River Avon Hampshire England UK
5-M-60 Banded demoiselle
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