Happy
I’m happy because a cold and drizzly morning gave way to a warm (if not exactly bright) afternoon, which brought out the odonates at the village pond. This male Migrant Hawker is happy because he recently got the girl (though … Continued
Autumn Hawker
It rained solidly all morning and into the early afternoon, and then quit when I was about ten minutes into a forty minute walk, wearing a long raincoat. By the time I got home I was melting, and so cross … Continued
Gift-wrapped
I went over to the Community Orchard at Cleeve Prior this afternoon, expecting to find plenty of damsels and dragons, but most of the ponds are now either virtually or completely dry, and all I found were a single very … Continued
Ready for his close-up
R and I went to Stratford this lunchtime, for dragons, walking, and a picnic lunch by the river. I had the same problem at Lucy’s Mill today as I had yesterday at Croome, with the Migrant Hawkers being antsy and … Continued
Lazy woman
I’m always pleased when I manage to get a shot of an insect as pleasing as this – sharp in the right places and blurring to an attractive bokeh – with 500mm of lens. I’d have been hard pressed to … Continued
Reflective
Faced with a return to normal life after our holiday, R and I decided to turn a blind eye to the filthy house and dying garden, stepped over the mountain of washing on the utility room floor, and headed off … Continued
Settling in
After the usual several hours of immediate pre-holiday dashing about; my standard sketchy last-minute hurling of a random selection of clothing into a bag, followed by an agonised interrogation of all my camera gear and portable tech – which to … Continued
One of three
I met up with the County Odonata Recorder this morning, to survey a closed reserve where the local Wildlife Trust wants to encourage dragonflies. It was a very hot, dry walk, and largely odonate-free because the three big pools established … Continued