Wednesday 24 May 2017

Nice surprise from Penywaun

Photo not from Penywaun,  on Monday I had a teneral Broad Bodied Chaser flying over the gardens. A first for the year and also the first one I have seen here. Yesterday I looked up to see a Cuckoo flying over the estate, it's been years since I saw one up here, later it was calling a fair bit away on the hill side.

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  1. Nice photo. On Tuesday I had a male cuckoo calling at Pleasant View park, Trecynon. It is the first time I have ever had one there. Maybe more of them than usual made it back from Africa this year and so some of the marginal territories are attracting the less experienced birds.

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  2. Not doing to well on the odonata front but while checking the ponds between Heolgerrig and Blaincanaid today had a swimming grass snake.

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  3. Brilliant! I haven't seen that for years, Mike.

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  4. Great not seen grass Snake for a couple of years and a Cuckoo at Abercwmboi today and a possible Hairy Dargonfly this morning at tir founder fields and a teneral Broad Bodied Chaser. also of note was my first common blue Damselfly and in Robertstown tonight i had a dozen Small Heath butterflies and my first May bug of the year.

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