Introduction

Summer was hectic on personal, work-related, and nature related fronts. As is often the case, I had too many things on my plate and so some stuff had to be put on hold, including the blog.

But I’m back and next week regular service will continue, all be it in a slightly different format. I used to post on specific topics on Tuesdays and Fridays, where going forward I’ve decided to remove that rigidity for the time being. For example, the first change will be that I’ll be posting a Local Hotspot report on Tuesday, rather than waiting for a Friday.

Discussion

The work and personal fronts are not so interesting for this blog (ask away in the comments if you want to know more) but regarding nature related stuff, now there’s some cool stuff …

• Although I did not have many opportunities to really go out for day trips, those that I did go on were focussed and delivered stunning results. I was able to find new locations in Cantabria for incredibly rare butterfly and moth species. I cannot wait to highlight those here on the blog. Not quite sure how yet, I think one will be through a multi-part trip report.
• We were able to get our article (my second scientific article) published in the Boletín (journal) of the Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (SEA), it concerns the dragonfly Brachytron pratense (Hairy Hawker). I am quite proud of this … on to the next one! Will cover this in a future post.
• Family members gave me an annual subscription to the British Dragonfly Society (BDS). At last, something I’ve been keen to be support, but have been too lazy etc. to do so myself (granted I was a member of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and am of SEO BirdLife in Spain). The BDS has two regular publications, and I just received the copy of the Autumn journal and magazine. I had been sent the spring publications early this summer. The result of it all has been an increased drive concerning reading of articles and related publications and I’ve updated my PDF repository.
• Speaking of the PDF repository … I must find a way to share these documents with all of you, I have tonnes of documents related to Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Odonata in Cantabria. Those provide a base for many of the things I write/know.
• I recently received an email from the Iberian Group of Odonatology (GIO) that stated they will be holding a congress in Sevilla from June 25^th till the 28^th 2024. I’m mulling it over with respect to attending it this time around (I think they hold it every 2 years). In a future post I will make sure to highlight this congress in case there is interest in attending and provide more information about previous congresses held.

So, much of the above will be covered in upcoming posts and those will continue dropping at 1 or 2 times a week.

Conclusion
This was a bit of an overview and start to the next chapter of posts for the blog. Stay tuned for the next post this coming Tuesday! Take care all.