Jan Shields has been grabbing the recent windows of sunshine at Mousecroft Pool in Shrewsbury and took this lovely shot of a Ruddy Darter in the ‘obelisk’ position. The insect points it’s abdomen directly at the sun to minimize the surface area of the body that absorbs the heat. Unsurprisingly, we don’t see this position adopted too often in Shropshire! Jan also saw Common Darters and a number of Brown Hawkers including the ovipositing females shown below.