I’m slowly emerging from lockdown and haven’t travelled as far as the usual spots for an early damselfly sighting. Mere Sands Wood, Priory Meadow or Foulshaw Moss are good for an April Large Red or two, and are all off the mark already this year.

So it was nice to get an early start on the odonata season all the same with this Azure by the ditch on Hesketh Golf Course!

Only the one animal seen, and the weather has taken a turn for the worse so it might be a while until the next one!