Predatory
There are now so many Banded Demoiselles at the old wharf at Cleeve Prior Mill that they’ve had to spread themselves out around the entire site. Some of the males are now fully mature and looking to breed, so they’ve … Continued
Late lunch
I was slow to get moving this morning, and it was early afternoon before I made it down to the river at Cleeve Prior Mill. Every time I visit the site now I’m hoping to see either the first Scarce … Continued
Golden girl
I went back to the Avon at Cleeve Prior Mill this afternoon, to count damselflies and see if anything else interesting had turned up. I’m happy to report that there are now a dozen or more Banded Demoiselles around the … Continued
Banded distaff
I had to go to Waitrose in Stratford this afternoon, in search of some items that Ocado hadn’t managed to deliver, and I used the excuse of this trip to make another tour around my nearest Odonata sites. There was … Continued
Over-mature
Even I have to admit that this one is looking a bit past her best. “She is,” said R, whose favourite photo of the day this is, “but she still looks as though she was made by an Art Nouveau … Continued
Golden girl
Every now and then someone posts a photo of a drab and battered, often uniformly brown damselfly or dragonfly to one of the Facebook groups and asks what it is, and receives in reply the name of the species, along … Continued
Supervision
This afternoon I spent ten minutes watching in fascination as a female Banded Demoiselle laid her eggs in the floating and submerged vegetation close to one of the fishing pegs at Cleeve Prior Mill. I knew from reading my Brooks … Continued