Who’s eggs are these? Orange jelly on eggs on water soldier’s in garden wildlife pond

Might be the eggs of pond snails of some kind?

Yeah I thought it might be as well but apparently all pond snail eggs are in clear jelly and these are definitely orange.
Just really strange it’s the first year I’ve seen them on anything. I Looked on a pond egg/larvae identifier webpage and can’t see anything like it on there, just a mystery!

Totally random thought.

There's a (v, rare in the UK) species of dragonfly which is very closely associated with water soldier. Green-eyed hawker/norfolk hawker (Aeshna isoceles/Anaciaeschna isoceles). (Known as the norfolk hawker as it is generally restricted to the most eastern parts of Norfolk, although its range appears to be expanding).

species.nbnatlas.org/.../NHMSYS0021009091

It's association with the plant is that the prey it hunts lay their eggs on water soldier. The dragonfly does as well.

I haven't found images of norfolk hawker eggs/egg clusters/cases. Haven't the foggiest what it hunts.

british-dragonflies.org.uk/.../
british-dragonflies.org.uk/.../

Possibly too early for the dragonfly to be out-and-about and egg laying. But I'm wondering they are maybe sterile/unhatched eggs or the casings from last year which are undergoing decomposition.

That's about as much as I can think of.

Hi thank you so much for your post.
I’m up in East Ayrshire, Scotland so that would really be something if it was a Norfolk Hawker!
I like you cannot find a single photo of their eggs/larvae to see if it is theirs or not, I might get in contact with the uk dragonfly society to see if they have one?
I think the orange jelly lumps have grown slightly in the last couple of weeks, so will definitely keep an eye on them and also keep a close eye to see if I can spot a Norfolk Hawker around.
Thank you ever so much for your post and the information I never would of even thought about looking at something so rare.

Might be a good idea to put a couple of leaves & some pond water in a lidded container (airholes in lid) to be sure of seeing what hatches from these eggs in case they hatch & disappear immediately into the pond!

Thank you I think that is going to be the answer!
See what eventually comes out of them and hopefully then be able to see what it is! Lol