A few hours up at Cyfarthfa Castle to check out the ponds behind the castle in the woodland. Parking up by the greenhouses there were quite a few Damsels flying around the flower beds, mainly male and female Common Blues.
Up at the ponds there were a lot more Damsels about mainly Common Blues with a few Azure and Blue-tailed Damsels.
There was a male Emperor hunting over the lower pond but did not stop for a photo, no other dragons seen.
Everything looked good at the pools at first but after a few minutes I noticed that there was not a lot moving around. After three trips around the pools I did not find any Red-eyed Damsel which I have always found here plus no Dragons flying around the pools and again very few Damsels compared to previous years. Only two species found, Blue-tailed and Azure Damsels.
Will need to come back again to check it out.
Down to Hensol to look for the Downy Emerald, the weather was a lot better than last Sunday so hopefully a better day. A lot more activity here with Emperors, Black-tailed Skimmers, Four-spotted Chasers and Downy Emeralds with plenty of Damsels mainly Azures with a few Large reds.
The Emperors and the Downy Emeralds were camera shy but not so the others.
I then moved on to Llanech Woods to check the pools out there.
Hi all, back at it again.
A few hours out at the canal on an overcast but warm day did not produce much in the way of Dragons, with only a few Damsels seen. In total I only found less than 20 Damsels along a 500 metre stretch. whether that was down to the weather or some other problem I do not know.
Damsels seen were Blue-tailed and Azure.
Will try again when the weather gets better.
Long walk along the canal I lost count of the number of Golden-ringed Dragons flying up and down the canal(more than 10).
Other Damsels & Dragons were Azures and Common Darters.
There were also plenty of Beautiful Demoiselles up and down the canal.
My first visit to this site so just had a walk around to see what wild areas were there. some nice fields with wild flowers a couple of ponds the coastal path and some rough ground. Plenty of wildlife and insects about. I found a couple of Black-tailed skimmers by one of the ponds and a few Blue-tailed Damsels.
Took a walk around the mountain while the car was in the garage, I found Two Golden-ringed Dragons and a Male Emperor. The Emperor did stop for a picture but I had better luck with the Golden-ringed.
Coed y Bedw NR was rough, looks like no work has been done on the site for quite some time, which is a pity.
