It looked like being a beautiful autumn day so I headed out late morning to the Cotswold Water park, I wasn't looking for anything special, but on the past couple of visits to Lower Moor Farm it had been damp so I thought I'd go again and just enjoy being out and about. There could well be a few butterflies and dragonflies about and maybe a bird or two.
I parked in the last available space in the car park ( I later realised there was a children's activity morning in the Education centre ) and took the route past the newly opened Dragonfly cafe, ( I must have a coffee there one day!) A bird of prey flew past and as I came out into the open I could see a kestrel perched on the wire above me being mobbed by a couple of swallows
As I followed one of the paths around the reserve, I came across several buddleias which had attracted a number of butterflies. These were mostly Red Admirals but I also saw a painted lady, small white and a small tortoiseshell. Speckled woods were regularly seen in the hedgerows.
Near the lakes and ponds there were plenty of dragonflies, which I stayed to watch for a while; these included brown hawkers and migrant hawkers ( first for year) as well as common damselflies and common/ruddy darters.
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