Distaff
Having posted my first male Banded Demoiselle of the season yesterday, it seems only fair that today I should feature the first female I’ve seen this year. Once again I’m indebted to the steamy clearing at the bottom of the … Continued
Demoiselle delight
“Yesss!!!” I hissed, when I first spotted him. “You gorgeous creature! Come to me, my Precioussss…” Luckily, there were no other humans in the fishermen’s car park at Cleeve Prior Mill at the time, or I’d likely have got some … Continued
Dirty duck
I’m not sure how I managed to justify a trip to Stratford with R today, given that I had enough stuff piled in my in-tray to keep me at my desk for a week, but anyway, it happened. We walked … Continued
Water on a duck’s back
I spent this morning expunging the most festering items from my to-do list. Sadly the only satisfaction this gave me was that I can now see the surface of my desk again: there’s still a huge heap of paperwork there … Continued
Disallowed
Well, this wasn’t on my New Year bird list bingo card. I hadn’t expected to be going out at all today, after waking to the tail end of yesterday’s storm, but by lunchtime the gale had blown through and the … Continued