Sticky
This afternoon I decided to take another trip up to the River Severn at Uckinghall, hoping to find more Common Clubtails. According to posts I’ve been seeing on social media over the past couple of days, at least sixteen fresh … Continued
Hanging loose
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
Date night
R and I went to Croome today, for lunch and walking, and for me to search the watercourse for Odonata. Sadly, R had already headed back to the visitor centre by the time I came across these Stonechats, and missed … Continued
Canoodling
They look so furious all that time that it’s often not easy to decide whether birds of prey are indulging in conflict or courtship, but given the time of year, and the fact that this pair of Buzzards had been … Continued
Uncooperative
To be fair, it wasn’t just this Green Hairstreak that was uncooperative today: almost everything I tried to photograph turned out to have different plans. It’s telling that although I had the macro with me I was never able to … Continued