Swinley Forest

Many years ago we lived in the Bracknell area, and regularly went for a walk in Swinley Forest. But that was well before we got 'into' butterdamseldragonflies .... Going through the sites listed on Hampshire Dragonflies, I stumbled across Swinley Forest being recommended, so time we went back there and paid it a visit again!

Specifically, two water bodies were mentioned: Mill Pond and Rapley Lake, and it didn't take us much effort to find them both. 

Turned out to be our best day ever for odo's: record number of 13 species! By far the most common were common blue damselflies, keeled skimmers (including a very dark and very old female) ...

... and brown hawkers; never seen so many on one day, and the first time I managed to get a picture of one!

Butterflies weren't our focus today, and we only saw five species. So here are the usual three tables (one = 1; few = 2-4; several = 5-9; many = 10+):