Yes, that's right folks, there is something exciting on my local river, the Rother. A couple of days this week I've had cause to walk into the cetnre of the village, which involves crossing the small road bridge over the river. I've paused for a few minutes to look at the river to see if there were any exciting flighted things down there and saw several of these: (not my photo!)
I described them in great detail last night to the man, who now owns a field guide on these interesting insects... Everything fitted, the flapping of the wings like a butterfly, the habitat, the appearance and the distribution... :-) Certain people should be able to see them for themselves next week!Also of note were a pair of Grey Wagtails on the same stretch of river, I'm getting to be more and more of a fan of this bird... Apparently they have the longest tail of all the Wagtails!
Today is a good day...Because:1) I had a lie-in for the whole morning :-)
2) I went for a lovely long walk with my parents along the river and saw a Grey Wagtail and several bright blue damsel-flies
3) I wrote to a friend of a friend earlier this week who happens to be the senior partner of a local solicitors firm, asking for some work experience, and he replied today asking for my CV!
4) I'm doing some babysitting tomorrow morning and all day Wednesday next week, so will be adding to my little stock-pile of extra cash, and
5) I'm seeing the man again tomorrow afternoon! :-)
I described them in great detail last night to the man, who now owns a field guide on these interesting insects... Everything fitted, the flapping of the wings like a butterfly, the habitat, the appearance and the distribution... :-) Certain people should be able to see them for themselves next week!
