In late summer 2021, for the second year running, Nicola Devine has photographed Willow Emerald damselflies mating next to the big pond; and for the sixth year running she has photographed a Brown Hairstreak butterfly laying eggs on a blackthorn bush. Willow Emeralds have been recorded on only one other Oxfordshire site: Otmoor nature reserve (where the rare Brown Hairstreak is also seen occasionally).
