The Southern Hawkers in the wild garden were not cooperative this afternoon, disappearing into the cypress tree whenever I seemed to be paying them too much attention, and there wasn’t much else about, so I decided I’d need to go … Continued
In the middle of a busy day, I sneaked an hour up at the Community Orchard in Cleeve Prior, where there was no dragon activity at any of the ponds, but the strips of long grass and wild flowers between … Continued
The Community Orchard at Cleeve Prior has been a bit of a disappointment this season, Odonata-wise. Up till today all I’d managed to record there were a couple of Azure Damselflies and a single Banded Demoiselle, plus, just yesterday, three … Continued
A tiny number of damselflies have now turned up at Cleeve Prior Community Orchard – today I counted three Azure Damselflies and a single female Banded Demoiselle – but the season feels desperately slow in getting going there. Perhaps it … Continued
