So far this spring, Nicola Devine has photographed seven varieties of odonata on the Trap Grounds -- damselflies: the Large Red, the Blue-Tailed, the Azure, and a rare female blue form of the Azure; and dragonflies: the Hairy, the Broad-Bodied Chaser, and the Downy Emerald. Her photo of the Downy Emerald (see below) is the first-ever record on the Trap Grounds, bringing our confirmed total of odonata to 21 (out of 33 known species in Oxfordshire).

Azure damselflies mating (21 May 2020, Nicola Devine)

Hairy Dragonfly (male), 14 May 2020 (Nicola Devine)

Broad-bodied Chaser (female), 20 May 2020 (Nicola Devine)

Downy Emerald dragonfly (23 May 2020, Nicola Devine)

Large Red damselfly, 20 April 2020 (Nicola Devine)

Blue-tailed damselfly (violacea form), 17 May 2020 (Nicola Devine)

Azure damselfly (female blue form) (Nicola Devine, 17 May 2020)

Another Weasel! Or the same one that Nicola Devine photographed on 10 March, this time caught on camera in a different area of the Trap Grounds on 15 April.

Weasel, Trap Grounds, 15/04/2020 (Nicola Devine)

Nicola Devine's intimate portrait of a Chiffchaff, encountered in the woodland on 9 April.

Chiffchaff, Trap Grounds, 09/04/2020 (Nicola Devine)

BREAKFAST FOR A HERON
Ben Atwell (aged 10) got this close up to a hungry Heron in the Trap Grounds on 22 March.

Trap Grounds, 22 March 2020 (Ben Atwell)

THE FIRST-EVER PHOTO OF A WEASEL ON THE TRAP GROUNDS

Nicola Devine's extraordinary photo confirms the long-suspected presence of at least one Weasel on the Trap Grounds.

Weasel, Trap Grounds, 11 March 2020 ( Nicola Devine)

SPARROWHAWK
Caught on Nicola's camera: a magnificent Sparrowhawk, just minutes after mating in a tall tree on the Trap Grounds.

Sparrowhawk, Trap Grounds (Nicola Devine, 7 March 2020)

A NEW FUNGUS

Nicola photographed this grisly-looking (and poisonous) False Morel (Gyromitra esculenta) on 20 March.

False Morel (Nicola Devine, Trap Grounds, 20 March 2020)