I had a bit of a rotten start to today when my key broke in the lock to one of my survey areas. Then I couldn’t find anything the rest of the morning and the cuckoo continued to evade me all day. But the day to a turn for the better when my first Odonata of the year, a large red damselfly male.
Another nice bonus were these solitary bees buzzing around the logs with holes drilled in for them on the living roof toilet block.