Sorry to the lovers of dragons and damsels but to the Hobbies, the emergence in the last two days of the first Hairy Hawkers, Large Red and Blue-tailed Damselflies is good snacking news. Sheltered areas around the Cordite Store are your best bet at the moment if you wish to have a look for them.
Mark Vale captured this newly emerged Hairy H on Wednesday.
There have been a lot more butterflies around too including the first Speckled Woods and at long last some energetic little Bee Flies with their long pointy drinking straw noses!
Speck Wood (Mark Vale)
Bee Fly - an awsome shot by Lawrence Rogers
11-5-13
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer