[West Ender]

I don't know if Accrington is the same but, here, we seem to have loads of dragon flies around just now. Cheshire has a lot of water and trees, it's true, but the nearest water to me is next door's small fish pond yet they seem to be everywhere. Yesterday I was sitting in my garden and there were 3 flying around, one settled on my shoe for quite a while. Today I've seen several of different sizes and there's a dead one, at least 4" long, on my patio. The Bridgewater Canal, a mile from here, is teeming with them.

Has the recent weather been ideal for them - i.e. rain, rain and more rain? I've never known so many around at once.