I met up with the County Odonata Recorder this morning, to survey a closed reserve where the local Wildlife Trust wants to encourage dragonflies. It was a very hot, dry walk, and largely odonate-free because the three big pools established … Continued
In southern Europe, where this dragonfly is endemic, the name Southern Migrant Hawker would clearly make no sense, and there it’s known colloquially as the Blue-eyed Hawker. In my opinion this is a much better name, but the British Dragonfly … Continued
R and I decided to take our Sunday walk at Compton Verney today. There was no sign of the Great Crested Grebes, sadly, suggesting that their nesting attempt may have failed, but there were plenty of other things for us … Continued
Today was blissfully peaceful after yesterday, though I still managed to get my heart pounding a few times. Back on Tuesday when I walked around the lake at Croome with R and the Boy Wonder, I spotted a small mosaic … Continued
It was almost exactly this time last year when I went to Woorgreens Nature Reserve in Gloucestershire, and found the lake teeming with damsels and dragons. Today my count there was 3 Emperors, one Brown Hawker, one Keeled Skimmer (elderly), … Continued
