Here we go! Right on schedule, the first damselflies of the year. I saw several large red damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) of both sexes when I visited earlier this week. This is predictably the first species of the season and reports of emergence have been spreading up the country over the past couple of weeks, consistent with spring travelling north at 1.8 miles per hour. These are immature females with pale colours and yellow shoulder stripes.
And these are immature males, also with yellow shoulder stripes which will turn red with maturity.
This week's butterflies included orange-tips. They have been present for the past few weeks but this is the first time I have managed a photo as they rarely stop for a rest. These are males
and females, all feeding on lady's smock.
The coot is still sitting on her eggs and the goslings still number eight.
With luck and good weather we may see the first dragonfly next week.
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