It was Banded Demoiselle Day at the river in Stratford – there were scores and scores of them fluttering around the reeds and rushes by Lucy’s Mill Bridge, and interestingly, given that I’ve had some immature Beautiful Demoiselles in the … Continued
Another day of highly variable weather – sun, wind, cloud, rain, sleet, hail, plagues of locusts*, etc. – settled just enough at lunch time to allow at least the possibility that a few insects might emerge from their roosts, so … Continued
At round 3.5cm long, the White-legged Damselfly is one of the UK’s largest damselflies. It’s also not readily mistaken for any other species: the pale, feathery legs with expanded tibiae, the paired thoracic stripes, the chestnut wing spots and the … Continued
I set off for Trench Wood this afternoon, got to within half a mile of Bidford, and discovered that the road was closed because some absolute weapon had crashed into the bridge, cracking it down to the water line. This … Continued
I woke at 7.30am to a bright and sunny morning, and R, who’d already been up for some while, said, “I wondered whether I should wake you, so you could go out and look for dragons.” I said – and … Continued
