Two blues
My best spot of the day today was a male Scarce Chaser, which swooped down over the Long Deep Pond at Cleeve Prior Community Orchard while I was checking it for damselflies. Sadly, he banked away and disappeared before I … Continued
Praenubila
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
Reflective
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
Demoiselle delight
“Yesss!!!” I hissed, when I first spotted him. “You gorgeous creature! Come to me, my Precioussss…” Luckily, there were no other humans in the fishermen’s car park at Cleeve Prior Mill at the time, or I’d likely have got some … Continued
Young Red Eyes
This morning I took my first trip in nearly a year to the Lower Moor nature reserve in Wiltshire, in search of Odonata. I’d barely walked into the the first enclosure when I accidentally disturbed a fresh female Red-eyed Damselfly, … Continued
First of the year
Oh my days – finally! Of course, I knew that the Odonata season would start here sooner of later, but my socials have been filling for three weeks or so now with images of damsels (various), Chasers (various), Banded and … Continued