Lift off!

One of neighbours came round today (she tries to do an hour every week) to sit with Mr T while I went out for a walk.  I had spotted this "pond" last Autumn and thought it was a perfect spot for dragonflies and butterflies.  Well, the butterflies wouldn't settle but I spotted gate keepers, meadow browns, common blues, small skippers, small coppers and large whites.  There were about two dozen dragonflies, common darters, four-spot chasers, broad bodied chasers and common hawkers all patrolling and fighting.  I could have sat and watched them all day.

I've added an extra of the "pond", which I think is more for drainage but hopefully also filled by groundwater.