Southern Migrant Hawker

It was great to meet up with Hillyblips today, at Coombe Hill Nature Reserve in Gloucestershire, where she’s recently been photographing a Southern Migrant Hawker. This is a dragon that used to be vanishingly rare in this country, rarely making … Continued

Little and large

Relatively speaking, that is. I photographed this Black-tailed Skimmer at Coombe Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire this afternoon, and it was only when I processed the photos that I spotted the tiny chap sitting next to him; the Skimmer is … Continued

On guard!

After two days of garden bug safaris I felt like getting out and about; so I zoomed over to Gloucestershire, where several garganeys have recently been reported at the Coombe Hill reserve. I’d never been here before, and I had … Continued