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Category Archives: Dragonflies

Photo observations from Turkey

March 29, 2015by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

Last summer I took a few snaps of the wildlife I saw in and around Cirali and Cappadocia whilst on a family holiday in Turkey.

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Birds, Dragonflies, Miscellaneous, Photography, Places & Ecosystems

I’m on Google scholar!

September 12, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

When I first proposed a study on dragonflies be undertaken on the British Exploring 2012 Oman expedition I can’t say the idea was met with the untameable wave of excitement […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Conservation Management, Dragonflies, Oman, Research

Arabian Dragonflies

July 2, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 1 Comment

Sixty four species of Odonata are known from the Arabian Peninsula and 42 species of Odonata are known from Oman, with around 24 recorded from the Dhofar region (J.–P. Boudot […]

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Dragonflies, Oman

The Little Things in Life

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One can spend days on expedition hoping to see a rare bird species or searching for that elusive mammal only to get a brief glimpse before it flies, hops or […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Dragonflies, Madagascar, Oman, Peruvian Amazon, Photography, Places & Ecosystems, Research, Species Conservation
lobo de rio

A Typical Day aboard the Lobo de Rio

July 10, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 1 Comment

“Beep beep beep beep beep” wakes me up. I roll over, its 5 in the morning. That was the painfully loud alarm clock from the macaw team’s room as they […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Dragonflies, Peruvian Amazon, Research, Species Conservation
giant helicopter damselfly

The Giant Helicopter Damselfly of the Amazon

June 19, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 1 Comment

Calling their flight graceful would be inaccurate, but slowly bobbing through the humid understory, there was something transfixing about their movement, their body bouncing out-of-sync with their brightly coloured wing […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Dragonflies, Peruvian Amazon, Research
peru dragon anax

Why Dragonflies?

June 14, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 4 Comments

After explaining what I have been getting up to over the last few years, people will often ask me “why dragonflies?”. In all honesty, I love hearing this question because […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Dragonflies, Madagascar, Oman, Peruvian Amazon, Research
Orthetrum sabina

Dragon Hunting

May 14, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

I first became fascinated by dragonflies during my gap year expedition to Madagascar. There was a dusty track that led from camp down to Tsarakibany village which we would walk […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Dragonflies, Madagascar, Oman, Peruvian Amazon, Research

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Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist

Lawrence is a ESRC-funded PhD student at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent. His interdisciplinary research is working towards sustainable pastoralism and biodiversity conservation in Dhofar, Oman. He has been involved in a number of overseas research expeditions in Africa, South America, Europe and the Middle East. Lawrence features in the recent conservation documentary, ‘Madagascar: Life on the Edge’.

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