Spring is still held back by a steady northeaster which has kept top temperatures down to a very unMay-like 14C. Some butterflies are active, the most common at the moment being the orange tip which is out in far larger numbers than last year, along with peacocks and some tortoiseshells and blues.
Sightings of swallows and martins have been few, and then only in ones or twos, until today when we saw eight or ten swallows flying low across a wheat field, but still only the occasional house martin.
We've been searching for dragon- and damselflies since late March without any success but today, at last, we saw some. While the two dragonflies - judging by their sizes, one possibly a hawker, the other a darter - were too distant to photograph....
....the single damselfly was rather more co-operative. However, I have found it impossible to identify, which is frustrating.
Further research suggests it's a female azure damselfly.
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