My favourite photo of the day is this close-up portrait of an immature male Large Red Damselfly, which I took at my patio pond this morning. His wings had been damaged on emergence, and for a while I feared that … Continued
I woke at 7.30am to a bright and sunny morning, and R, who’d already been up for some while, said, “I wondered whether I should wake you, so you could go out and look for dragons.” I said – and … Continued
There was very little going on in our garden this morning, invert-wise, so I took a walk along the lane. After being farmed as a hay meadow for a number of years, and supporting the best population of butterflies in … Continued
I’ve had the insurance claim form for a cancelled trip on my desk for nearly a month now, and every day I’ve managed to find reasons for avoiding tackling it. Today it finally hit the top of my to-do list, … Continued
These days I quite often find myself wondering if it might be time to reassess some of my life choices… but never when I’m out photographing Odonata. Realising this morning that my ten-year blipversary coincided with a warm and sunny … Continued
A couple of weeks ago I posted my first Beautiful Demoiselle of the season, from the feeder stream in the Heart of England Forest at Barton. Today I went back and saw several mature specimens of both sexes, though only … Continued
