Wild Life Meets Wild West

What a stunning day - just what I'd been waiting for and it looks like the Damselflies were too!

They were out in abundance by the time I took my later than normal walk. The air temperature had warmed up considerably and they like me were basking in the long-awaited sunshine.

You don't know what to expect when you walk along Piddle Brook but most people wouldn't expect to find a Cowboy. At the centre of Piddle Brook meadows is Church Farm - the smallholder is a fan of country and western music and collects some interesting paraphenalia, some of which is in the field. 

I love the log cabin and Cowboy plus the shepherdess who tends her sheep quite implacably for most of the year. The only disruption is when a strong winds knocks the Cowboy over or the Log Cabin is flooded out.

Female Banded Demoiselle

Green Damselfly

Male Meadow Brown Butterfly

Grasses - not for the Hayfever Sufferers!

Male Banded Demoiselle

Green Damselfly

Green Damselfly with Wing Askance!

View towards Naunton Beauchamp

Dog Rose

Green Damselfly

Speckled Wood

Common Blue

Speckled Wood

Large Skipper Butterfly

Large Skipper Butterfly

Naunton Beauchamp Church

Not sure what is in there!

So quite a walk with lots to see...and that was just to a few fields - amongst the bird sightings were two Yellowhammers, a Chaffinch, Warblers - probably willow but I couldn't see them. Blackbird song was beautiful.