New Project to Map Danish Dragonflies

The website www.fugleognatur.dk and "Naturhistorisk Museum" (Natural History Museum) have started an interesting project with the aim to map the spread of damselflies and dragonflies in Denmark. This will provide a basic knowledge of where in…

Photos of a New Species Added – Aeshna Subarctica

Visited the location Svanemosen once again this Friday. Right now I am taking advantage of every sunny day as this years dragonfly season is nearing its end. The many hours of walking around with the camera paid off. I managed to get some…

Photos of a New Species Added – Aeshna Juncea

After spending several hours walking around in high grass and on marshy ground, I was for the first time able to get close enough to a resting Aeshna juncea to photograph it. New photos of the species Sympetrum sanguineum, Sympetrum danae…

New Photos of the Amazing Ophiogomphus Cecilia

The Ophiogomphus cecilia (or Grøn Kølleguldsmed in Danish) is in my opinion one of the most amazing and beautiful dragonflies living here in Denmark. It is relatively rare here, and also listed as a protected species under Article 17 of…

A Week Out Shooting Dragonflies

The past week I have spent a lot of hours out in the warm sun hunting dragonflies with my camera. Most time I used in the area just south of the city of Silkeborg. Here there is a lot of lakes and good dragonfly habitats, inhabited by many different…

New Photos Added

Last week I took advantage of one of the rare warm summer days and went on a dragonfly photo expedition to Brude Sø. The goal was to photograph the species Gomphus vulgatissimus and Libellula fulva, which are both rather rare in Denmark.…

Dragonfly Season 2013 Has Started

As the weather is finally getting warmer here in Denmark, the dragonflies are starting to show. Spring and summer have come very late this year. Unfortunately I started this season by dropping and damaging my macro lens, a very stupid thing…

Dragonfly Photo Challenge at dpreview

One of my favorite photo web sites dpreview.com just had a photo challenge for dragonflies. Sadly I was not aware of it before it was closed, so I did not have the chance to participate. Anyway there are some great photos of very colorful…

Photos of Four New Species Added

After almost an entire week of warm summer weather and several successful dragonfly photo expeditions, a lot of new photos have now been added to the site. During this week I managed to get some very good photographs of four new species:…

All Known Danish Odonata Species Now Added

All the 54 odonata species known to be living in Denmark, or at least been sighted here, have now been added to the website. However this does not mean that I have photographed them all yet. Actually 27 species are missing in my photo collection,…