Brief Hadham Hall wander

A check on things to the east of the parish this morning. As expected, after rainfall, not too much on offer. At the irrigation lagoon the regular barn owl, a pied wagtail, yellowhammers, linnets and swallows as well as 2 grey herons.
A few damselfies, teneral common blues were on the wing, but no hoped for early emperor dragonflies. Need more sun. The breeding coots at Hadham Hall still have 5 of their young in tow, shown below. Not really warm enough for butterflies, just caterpillars of the peacock butterfly found on nettles.

coot and juvenile

peacock butterfly caterpillars

barn owl

grey heron

recently emerged common blue damselfly