Emperor dragonfly ©Janice Robertson Caldecotte Business Park ponds 30 June 2019

Meet a dragon at Caldecotte ponds

If you fancy getting up close and personal with dragons and damsels there is no better place than the Business Park ornamental ponds at Caldecotte. Today there were a dozen emperors and four-spotteds mating and ovipositing. Also red-eyed, blue-tailed and common blue damsels. (And reed warblers).

Emperor dragonfly ©Janice Robertson Caldecotte Business Park ponds 30 June 2019

Later there will be hawkers. Footpaths around half a dozen ponds, seating areas, odos buzzing around your head. Best to go at a weekend when you can park nearby in Monellan Grove or the small car park there at Caldecotte Lake (otherwise it is chockabloc with workers’ cars).

Text and pictures kindly supplied by Janice Robertson