I don’t get many dragonflies in the garden, and so late in the season I wasn’t expecting any today; however this female Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) arrived for a while to soak up some October sunshine on the garden chairs. A very welcome new species for the list (#545); my 5th dragonfly species. Other than that there was still a single Red Admiral butterfly basking in the sun, and a good mixed flock of blue, great and long-tailed tits on the bird feeders.