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

Confident

I went to Farmoor today, where the birding was pretty poor, to be honest, but I had a highly enjoyable time anyway. Had I not ducked out yesterday because of the forecast rain, I might have seen an Arctic Skua … Continued

Willowy

This morning’s internal debate went something like this: Draycote Water? Ferruginous Duck and Black-necked Grebe; huge area, so not necessarily good for photos, but lots of easy walking; car park; coffee; nearly an hour away, and quite often frustrating… Grafton … Continued

Love heart

I set off for Trench Wood this afternoon, got to within half a mile of Bidford, and discovered that the road was closed because some absolute weapon had crashed into the bridge, cracking it down to the water line. This … Continued

Threesome

While Banded Demoiselles of both sexes tend to flaunt themselves at popular breeding sites, in my experience they’re relatively secretive about the actual mating process. So while all the blue damselflies will form mating wheels very readily, and provided they’re … Continued