Thursday 13th was a quiet day for wildlife, the day spent on Newborough Beach again, with numerous Grayling butterflies flitting along above the sand. The Red Arrows were doing a practice display over the beach at lunchtime which was a spectacular surprise!
Friday meant home time, but before we left Anglesey we decided to explore the fens at Cors Erddreiniog.
A bit cooler and breezier than the last few days, butterflies and dragonflies were a bit harder to come by on this fantastic reserve. Wall Brown were a surprise on the access track, amongst numerous Speckled Wood...
Once into the fens proper we had Southern Hawker and Emperor, and numerous Common Darter on the paths. A couple of Keeled Skimmer flew around us but didn't stop for a picture. Four Spotted Chaser was also seen, but unfortunately all the Damselflies we saw were the commoner species. We will have to return next summer to try again. There were many Common Blue including this pair...
We returned home in the afternoon, ready to then make a stop at Hic Bibi to try and get a local dragonfly tick...
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