Ann Miles Blog

Great to see the Currant Clearwing back in the garden this year - I like the way the sheen on its tail plumes echoes the Anchusa flowers. It...

Paxton Pits was alive with Damselflies (Variable and Banded Demoiselles) and Dragons (Scarce Chaser, Norfolk Hawker, nymph case and adult sh...

We recorded our first southern Hawker emergence from our pond and the first Marbled White in the wood meadow. This date 29th June is very cl...

 Yesterday was our monthly Dragonfly and Butterfly survey at Paxton Pits. Scarce Chasers (1,2) and Norfolk Hawkers (3) were the most numerou...

Paxton Pits now has a well-established colony of Norfolk Hawkers- a very attractive green-eyed dragonfly. The exuvia is probably a Norfolk H...