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Broad-bodied Chaser - male: 01/06/14
Had chance between correcting swale levels to study our new visitors, how quick they came. What a piece of predatory machinery.
Our ponds are appox a year old and we're still not able to get retrospective planning for them.
Thanks to One Planet Council for giving a useful pointer to the The Vale of Glam - Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP)
www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/living/environment/biodiver...
I saw two males on the one pond, having the odd ariel spat, no contact though, then occasionally a female came in.
www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/broad-bodied-chaser
Of which I only caught in a mid air coupling with the one male.
www.flickr.com/photos/65365631@N04/14345868085/
The female shortly after commenced to repeatedly dip the tip of her abdomen into the pond's fringe; I would speculate she was attaching her fertilised eggs.
www.flickr.com/photos/65365631@N04/14159275420/
In one year the pond holds many invertebrates, food for the dragonfly larvae. How many next year.? Bet there's a territorial numbers game? As apparently there were two males on our lower pond as well. Only one remained the whole time on the middle pond where I was photographing, with the occasional visit from, another male? Does one pond have one dominant male, and the female flits between ponds, mating with the dominant male of the pond?
Great being able photograph the ecology being reintroduced :) see what it gets up to!
Roundhouse Project./ Barley Field - The Vale of Glam, South Wales, UK.
www.flickr.com/photos/65365631@N04/sets/72157634764018549/
Refs:
@OnePlanetC
The #OnePlanetCouncil is an independent voluntary body. One Planet Development is a policy of the Welsh Government to support land-based ecological development.
Wales/UK www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk
WildlifeTrustsWales
@WTWales
Protecting wildlife for the future and linking the six Wildlife Trusts in Wales. Gwarchod natur ar gyfer y dyfodol a chysylltu'r chwech Ymddiredolaeth Natur.
Cardiff/Caerdydd www.wtwales.org
@UKDragonflies www.ukdragonflies.com
Wildlife Sightings
@wildlife_uk
Re-tweeting wildlife sightings from around the UK. Please include @wildlife_uk in tweets for us to share! Highlights: @bestofwildlife
Photography: Twitter @nspugh twitter.com/nspugh
observe:
Broad-bodied Chaser - male: 01/06/14
Had chance between correcting swale levels to study our new visitors, how quick they came. What a piece of predatory machinery.
Our ponds are appox a year old and we're still not able to get retrospective planning for them.
Thanks to One Planet Council for giving a useful pointer to the The Vale of Glam - Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP)
www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/living/environment/biodiver...
I saw two males on the one pond, having the odd ariel spat, no contact though, then occasionally a female came in.
www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/broad-bodied-chaser
Of which I only caught in a mid air coupling with the one male.
www.flickr.com/photos/65365631@N04/14345868085/
The female shortly after commenced to repeatedly dip the tip of her abdomen into the pond's fringe; I would speculate she was attaching her fertilised eggs.
www.flickr.com/photos/65365631@N04/14159275420/
In one year the pond holds many invertebrates, food for the dragonfly larvae. How many next year.? Bet there's a territorial numbers game? As apparently there were two males on our lower pond as well. Only one remained the whole time on the middle pond where I was photographing, with the occasional visit from, another male? Does one pond have one dominant male, and the female flits between ponds, mating with the dominant male of the pond?
Great being able photograph the ecology being reintroduced :) see what it gets up to!
Roundhouse Project./ Barley Field - The Vale of Glam, South Wales, UK.
www.flickr.com/photos/65365631@N04/sets/72157634764018549/
Refs:
@OnePlanetC
The #OnePlanetCouncil is an independent voluntary body. One Planet Development is a policy of the Welsh Government to support land-based ecological development.
Wales/UK www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk
WildlifeTrustsWales
@WTWales
Protecting wildlife for the future and linking the six Wildlife Trusts in Wales. Gwarchod natur ar gyfer y dyfodol a chysylltu'r chwech Ymddiredolaeth Natur.
Cardiff/Caerdydd www.wtwales.org
@UKDragonflies www.ukdragonflies.com
Wildlife Sightings
@wildlife_uk
Re-tweeting wildlife sightings from around the UK. Please include @wildlife_uk in tweets for us to share! Highlights: @bestofwildlife
Photography: Twitter @nspugh twitter.com/nspugh