Today's visit to Bouldnor ponds at Yarmouth was spent wholly at the two scrapes where our colony of Southern Emerald Damselflies have bred for the last several seasons.Since my last visit on the 20th May both scrapes have dried up with no visible signs of water.The larger seems to have dried completely although the reeds are still green and I am sure that there is moisture underneath. The second smaller scrape looks to be slightly deeper with plenty of dead and decaying matter so there must also be water below.
Immediately on arrival I disturbed a male Emperor Dragonfly and a male Four-spotted Chaser.The former only flew a short distance before finally flying away.Seeing no other species at the first small scrape I moved on the a second larger one,just a short distance away.Very pleased to see a single teneral Ruddy Darter among the reeds here.A first of the season.The only other species seen was a Blue-tailed Damselfly rufescens.
After an hour or more viewing the two scrapes I was finally rewarded with the sight of an immature female Southern Emerald fluttering away from the larger scrape into the surrounding gorse.
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