We took the Boy Wonder to Croome this morning, where he met my friend Richard, ate yet more ice cream, and discovered both the children’s playground and the woodland activity area. The former is currently a little disappointing because the … Continued
R and I had some shopping to do in Stratford this morning, in advance of a weekend visit from the Boy Wonder. I took the opportunity for a quick Odonata census at Lucy’s Mill, and found that while the Banded … Continued
A second trip to the Knighton Reserve this morning got me the Red-veined Darter I failed to find yesterday, and also a third, unexpected “lifer”, in the shape of the Keeled Skimmer I’ve added as an extra. This took my … Continued
I decided yesterday, on a sudden whim, to take a trip to Dorset in search of a couple of rare dragonfly species – but while he encouraged me to go, R felt (and I have to say, I agreed) that … Continued
Well, this is a surprise. After all the gadding about of the last couple of weeks, I decided to give the dragons a rest today, and stay home to work on my editing and recording backlogs. After several hours of … Continued
Feeling like the Great Odonata Hunter after the various successes of yesterday, I headed off down to Wiltshire this morning in search of a Lesser Emperor. Five hours and two and a half circuits of Lower Moor later, and after … Continued
