This morning the Orchard Pond at Cleeve Prior Community Orchard was being ruled by a pair of Four-spotted Chasers. They were, of course, chasing each other, but they also set on any other large insects they noticed trying to access … Continued
After an indifferent Odonata day yesterday, today I decided to go after butterflies. I knew that Prestbury Hill was likely to be busy on a warm spring Saturday, and it was, but happily it was teeming with butterflies as well … Continued
If this was a bird I’d be calling it a lifer, I expect, but it’s just a hoverfly so I won’t go all triumphalist about it, even though it’s a species I’ve never seen before. Well… maybe a bit triumphalist. … Continued
Today was the first of the month’s two Bank Holidays. To me these are and always will be May Day and Whitsuntide, but officially they’re called the Early May and Spring Bank Holidays. This shows a depressing lack of imagination, … Continued
The weather went over a cliff overnight, taking my energy and my mood with it. Abandoning a vague plan I’d had to go after small early butterflies up on Prestbury Hill – even if it wasn’t too cold and windy … Continued
