We took the Boy Wonder to Croome this morning, where he met my friend Richard, ate yet more ice cream, and discovered both the children’s playground and the woodland activity area. The former is currently a little disappointing because the … Continued
R and I went to Croome this morning, where we had a nice walk, and decent coffee and cake, but where the dragons were few and far between and I mostly managed to photograph even those quite poorly. Some days … Continued
The dragonfly walk at Croome: so poor today, I did it twice. Two and a half times, if you add in a third circuit of the lake. Still, at least all the steps justified me making a chicken and pesto … Continued
But not uncommon. That is to say: she’s common, but she’s a Ruddy rather than a Common Darter. The females of these two species are much harder to tell apart than the males, though on the rare occasions that you … Continued
There was an organised moth and butterfly walk at Trench Wood at 9am this morning, but as I’ve now retired from my long-running semi-professional pretence of being organised, I thought it best to wait till the participants had all had … Continued
