Vagrant
I thought I’d take a trip out to Whelford Pools today, to see if I could catch up with the vagrant juvenile Purple Heron that turned up there about ten days ago. Knowing how small the car park is, I … Continued
Charlecote Hawker
R and I went for an early walk around Charlecote this morning. I’d been hoping that I might catch some dragons on the “basking fence”, but by the time we arrived it was warm and sunny, and the numerous Migrant … Continued
Autumn romance redux
I know it’s only a few days since I posted another pair of Migrant Hawkers in cop, but you can never see too many Odonata mating wheels, amirite? This pair was rather more battered than the couple I spotted in … Continued
Autumn romance
We have the family coming this weekend, and not wanting to rely on tomorrow’s supermarket delivery for anything vital to the meal plan, this morning R and I took ourselves and a lengthy shopping list to Stratford. I spotted these … Continued
Leaded glass
This has been a sad day, and R and I are both heart-sore. R has chosen this image, because he likes the way the light catches dragonfly wings and makes them resemble leaded glass. I took it at Croome this … Continued
A flutter of Admirals
R and I went to Stratford this morning to run errands and eat cake, and I offset the cake a little by taking a rapid walk down to Weir Brake lock in search of dragons. I didn’t find any, probably … Continued
Clot
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The synchronised emergence of Large Red Damselflies from our ponds that conspicuously didn’t happen six weeks ago when we were hoping and looking for it, seems to be happening now. Today we had four emerge from the wildlife pond, and … Continued