Clare Weiner writes: “On 22 August, Nicola Devine and I saw this Banded Demoiselle (female) perch on a small dead branch of a willow growing by the Mill Stream. These Damselflies (we know it is a Damselfly as its closed wings are lying along its back) like slow-flowing streams, so the location was perfect for it. Unlike most damselflies, the wings are not colourless but a pale brownish green in the female, which has a green body. The males are much more colourful, with an iridescent turquoise body and blue veins in the wings.”
