I worked my local Odonata beat today, starting at Cleeve Prior Community Orchard, then dropping down to the Avon at Cleeve Prior Mill, before swinging round to the Heart of England Forest section of the river near Barton. My field … Continued
After spending the morning sorting out financial stuff at my desk I decided it was time to tackle the small mountain of errands I’d amassed, so I devised a round-Warwickshire tour that would encompass them all. Somehow it also managed … 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
It was a trying kind of a day – not least for anyone who had to deal with me as my emotional temperature soared – but a few good things happened, and this was one of them. As I walked … Continued
