Visiting a friend in Deri I popped around to the park for a couple of hours to see whats about, a lot of the pools had dried up but the ones with water all had a Southern Hawker patrolling them but moving all the time so no decent picture available. What was on the pools were a lot of Emerald Damselflies with some in tandem and ovipositing, also a few Blue-tailed Damsels.
There was a few flying up and down the stream running through the park but did not get a good view of them.
Just a short walk from my house is a small woodland which I walk passed daily and on this occasion I disturbed a Dragonfly which was resting in a Buddleia bush, after waiting for a couple of minutes it came to rest again so I could get a photo. It turned out to be a Southern Hawker.
There is no water within half a mile of this wood!!
This is not my first visit to this park, I visited this park a couple of years ago but never recorded it. It as a main pool which is where everybody goes too to feed the ducks, there are some Dragons here but always to far away to photo. Down in the woods there is an area which is called The Oriental Garden were there are a couple of small ponds which are always good for Dragons.
After a coffee in the cafe I went straight down to the garden to check out the pools where I found plenty of Azures and Large Red Damsels, some in tandem and ovipositing.
On a small stream running between the large pond and the small ponds were a couple of Beautiful Demoiselles plus a couple of Golden-ringed Dragons hunting.
On the large pond there was a single male Broad-bodied Chaser and a female Emperor ovipositing.
So quite a good day out.
My first visit to this site for this year, it was very hot and with no shelter so did not stay for long. There was not a lot of Dragons on the wing with only one male Emperor and one male Black-tailed Skimmer near the pool and a few Blue-tailed Damsels in the bank-side vegetation.
May call back again later in the year when its a bit cooler.
A hot sunny day I spent a couple of hours around the Dragonfly pools at the top end of the Park and there were plenty of Dragons about. The first pool was being patrolled by a male Emperor and a Broad-bodied Chaser with some Azure Damsels in the margin. Also on the reeds were a lot of Exuviae.
My first visit to Kenfig since Covid and surprise we now have to pay to park but a good thing there is now a food and drinks cabin on site. On the path to the pool there were a lot of Damsels mainly Common Blue and Azure.
I took the path along the right side of the pool and along with all the Damsels there was a good number of Black-tailed Skimmers with some mating.
Also along this path were a lot of Darters,at first I thought Common Darters but on close inspection they turned out to be Red-veined Darters and Ruddy Darters.
At the top end of the pool there were a few hawkers hunting over the water but no pics available.
Away from the water I found some female Blue-tailed Damsels different forms,
rufescens.
infuscans.
Just as I was leaving the pool area I found more Black-tailed Skimmers and Red-veined Darters plus an Emperor.
It was a very hot sunny day so next time I think I will come back when it's a bit cooler.
A few hours around these reservoirs purposely looking for Dragons and there was a lot of Damsels in the vegetation around the water and footpaths, mainly Common blues with a few Azures.
As the sun came out so did some Black-tailed Skimmers with five males patrolling along the waters edge and two females, one pair coming together and mating. Now and again a male would land on the footpath but kept on being push along by the joggers.
There is a great looking pool near the grounds of the Llanishen reservoir but fenced off and "No Public Access" which is a pity because it could be good for Dragons.
