Revealed
A steady stream of Large Red Damselflies, plus a few Azures and Blue-tails, are still emerging from our patio pond. In the case of the Large Reds this ongoing emergence is now somewhat out of its normal season: this is … Continued
Summer Solstice
Hmmm. It would have been easier to tell that it was the longest day of the year if the sun had ever shown its face. Instead it was overcast, dark and dreary. And windy, and quite cold. On the plus … Continued
Ol’ green eyes
This is a Norfolk Hawker, so-called because it was once a very rare dragonfly in this country, and was more or less confined to the East Anglian fens. It’s quite common across central and southern Europe, where it’s known as … Continued
Another day…
… another Large Red Damselfly. This one, though, is a newly-emerged female, and – yay! – she came out of our little free-standing patio pond. Shortly after I took this she hied herself away to the trees to feed up … Continued