I was supposed to be going to a comedy festival today but it was called off and i was left with a day off work and no particular plans in place. After some consideration I opted to go to Wicksteed Park in Kettering to see whether I could find any interesting odes. Weather wise things looked more than a little challenging to begin with, drizzly rain and clouds dominated proceedings to begin with but sunny spells did develop eventually and my time was not completely wasted.
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| Grebe family and Common Tern |
Not too many birds were on view today, several warbler species showed quite well and the park's Great Crested Grebes put on a show but there were no surprises overall. Few butterflies were seen either with just a few Small Tortoiseshells putting in an appearance. Happily after a slow start damselflies did feature quite strongly though their larger cousins were all but absent.
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| Variable Damselflies |
Wicksteed has Northamptonshire's best population of Variable Damselflies and they showed fairly well today around their favoured spot around the fishing lake. Also present in good numbers were the dross tolerant Blue-taileds and Common Blues. Other species recorded in smaller numbers were Red-eyed Damselflies and Banded Demoiselle. Only one dragon was on the wing during my visit and that was an Emperor.
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| Red-eyed Damsel and Banded Demoiselle |
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