Flies and wasps love it, but haven’t seen many bees. No thunderstorms, so more watering, there’s a promise of rain tonight. The new hornbeam hedge has a few bare patches which will be replaced in the Autumn, together with a few of the trees. The sheep are happy moving between paddocks to avoid the donkeys grazing and are putting on weight. A Southern Hawker dragonfly was caught in the pond netting this morning, it flew off ok once released. Dinner tonight was a tasty Ruby Red Devon steak bought from a farm three miles away, more of the same is in the freezer. Still very warm.
Never seen a Southern Hawker dragonfly, looked it up and it is glorious. We’re seeing lots of dragonflies and damselflies as a byproduct of our butterfly spotting. Recently saw what we learned was a ‘beautiful demoiselle’, just loved the name!!
The names are always interesting, I was lucky to see the Southern Hawker, other, larger dragonflies are interested in the pond, I often see empty husks so the pond is working well.