Dogged
They’ll be charging me rent at Grove Hill soon, if I’m not careful. This morning I thought Four visits in four days really would feel like the beginning of a habit – I’ll go somewhere else today…. but the morning … Continued
Camouflage
R and I did gardening this morning (eeeurgh), and then, as the sun had come out again, I took myself off to Grove Hill and spent another happy hour sitting by the small pond, watching the dragons and damsels playing. … Continued
Southern Hawker
One of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust’s flagship reserves, over on the west side of the Shire, is called the Knapp and Papermill. I’d never visited this site because, frankly, it’s an utter pain to get to from here; but last week … Continued
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
I zoomed back up to Shropshire early this morning, in search of the acid-loving dragons that I can’t find closer to home. I was feeling a bit fragile, and not very happy, and by the time I made my first … Continued
Brief encounter
This is one of the strangest photos I think I’ve ever posted. There are so many things I don’t like about it, that I hardly know where to start, but the thing that makes it today’s blip is that it … Continued
Not Common
But not uncommon. That is to say: she’s common, but she’s a Ruddy rather than a Common Darter. The females of these two species are much harder to tell apart than the males, though on the rare occasions that you … Continued
Almost mono Monday
I’d been planning to go to Shropshire tomorrow in search of dragons, but on checking the weather forecast this morning I discovered that it had changed quite radically since I’d last looked, and that today was now looking like the … Continued