An August visitor

I had a pair of Southern Hawkers in the garden on 6th August.  One of them wouldn't stay still at all but fortunately the other stopped - very briefly - for me.

Southern Hawker

We had a Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) in the garden today and for reasons best known to itself it did what Large Whites, Speckled Woods and other insects have a habit of doing – it came into the conservatory.
After flying around the conservatory and dining room for a while it settled on the lampshade a couple of times before I eventually chased it out where it belonged.