We suffered another stomach-lurching dip in the weather rollercoaster today – unexpectedly because it was far worse than forecast, and upsettingly given the number of inverts which have recently been lulled into emergence by a false sense of spring, and … Continued
When I say, as I do quite regularly, that Goldfinches aren’t as charming as their collective name and their melodious twittering might cause you to think they are, this is the kind of behaviour I have in mind. This male … Continued
This afternoon we had a short visit from the Family B, who (quite coincidentally) were also in Nottinghamshire yesterday, and called in on us to break their journey home to Wales and allow the boys to run off some steam. … Continued
Oh my days – finally! Of course, I knew that the Odonata season would start here sooner of later, but my socials have been filling for three weeks or so now with images of damsels (various), Chasers (various), Banded and … Continued
There was a bit of an incident chez nous this afternoon. When we first installed our little wildlife pond we used to net it in the autumn, so that the huge number of leaves that come down from all our … Continued
