Chasing Damselflies - North Wales - June 2023

Just a short video this week, taken at a small lake and stream in the grounds of a campsite we stayed at in Rhydlydan, North Wales. It was heaving with damselflies, and also a few species of dragonfly (less willing to pose for the camera!).
Many thanks for watching!
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[@jullieadeleida3197]

Beautiful how-to videos and cool natural scenery in a green open area. nice...👍🤗🙋🇮🇩

[@DesGreene]

Thank you very much for watching! All the best👍😊

[@NaomisAdventures]

Beautiful place

[@DesGreene]

It was really nice there. All the best and catch up soon👍

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Absolutely stunning Des, thanks for sharing.

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Chris👍 The footage didn't turn out too bad considering it was just a compact camera and had no tripod with me! Great fun to make too👍🙂

[@LivingtheSilverLife]

This is a different kind of video for you. We absolutely loved it. Bill and I both loved seeing these colorful insects.

[@DesGreene]

Hi there! I do like to do vids like this once in a while, when I get the chance. Dragons and damsels are great to watch though, aren't they? 😃 All the best and see you soon 👍🙂

[@RaymondoLeeTravel]

Lovely footage! Love seeing dragonfly

[@DesGreene]

Thanks Raymondo! It's great to get a day with so many of them about. It's usually very frustrating trying to film them! 👍😁

[@travel_nature_and_life]

Really beautiful. So gracious 💛

[@DesGreene]

Aren't the wonderful? 😁 So glad you enjoyed it👍😊

[@ChrisJB]

Splendid Des. Dragonflies are a good subject to get into. Loved the beautiful demoiselles. 😎

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Chris!👍 Yes, I love them too. I only had the little compact camera with me, and the dragonflies were being rather uncooperative, but still had an enjoyable hour or two! All the best and take care 👍😊

[@SetForAdventures]

Nicely shot Des (great macro work ) 🙌 Isn’t nature beautiful 🤠🙏🏼 ATB Simon

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Simon! Yes, and I can never get enough of damselflies and dragonflies 😁 All the best and catch you soon👍😊

[@NicoleHikesalot]

hello des you did an outstanding job capturing the beauty of the wildlife. The damselflies dragonflies were so beautiful, great music and bird sounds too.

[@DesGreene]

Thanks Nicole! I do love trying to get footage like this when the critters cooperate! 😁 It was a fun couple of hours. Many thanks for watching and see you soon👍😊

[@walkinglosthistory]

Brilliant really enjoyed that ,you got quite a selection of damselflies some lovely colouring on them .

[@DesGreene]

Wonderful aren't they? A lot of the time, you get no luck at all with them staying still for long enough, but that day they were quite cooperative! Cheers for watching. All the best 👍🙂

[@renatalimarzi]

Hello, dear Des!! What a delightful video! Different from usual, but really nice! Amazing captures of these amazing creatures! Bit easy at all....Hugs and enjoy your Summer weekend, my friend and see you soon! Renata

[@DesGreene]

Thanks very much, Renata! I do love making videos like this once in a while. They are such fascinating and colourful creatures! We had a great weekend, but not great weather, thanks 😁 Hope you had a lovely weekend too! All the best and catch you soon!👍😊

[@renatalimarzi]

@@DesGreene Here a hot weather but, Maybe some rain this week. Hope so!! Hugs and happy time, Des!!

[@daveanddianethrowingcautio5707]

Pretty cool. I always give dragonflies a second look when they are flying around.

[@DesGreene]

Thanks Dave & Diane! I've always had a fascination with them since I was a kid 😁

[@FXWalesAnnaAlf]

Noswaith dda Des, this was really lovely and like watching a nature programme. It's such a gorgeous place and I loved your beautiful footage of the damselflies, love the blue ones, and the broad bodied chaser dragonfly was lovely. So relaxing to watch:) ~ Anna 👍

[@DesGreene]

Noswaith dda, Anna! Thanks very much👍😁 It was a beautiful place, and great fun trying to get the video. The chaser it was a real struggle to get the camera to focus, but really happy with the beautiful demoiselles! Thanks so much for watching! Hwyl!👍😊

[@solitaryrambler]

Hi Des, these damselflies are amazing 😀I saw loads of blue damselflies myself when I was visiting a National Trust in Somerset property last week. Beautiful looking things. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@DesGreene]

Hi Patrick. Wonderful aren't they? They can be so frustrating to try and film though! 😂 Some days just never seem to land! Not sure if it was the strong breeze or something else, but I got lucky this day! 👍😊

[@JenniferLupine]

Beautiful location Des, and really pretty Damselflies! What a fun place for camping and great filming. It’s very challenging to have a small subject, and ones that are very mobile! I really enjoyed their colors and especially the iridescent blue in the last one. I’m not very familiar with dragonflies or damselflies- very nice to see them up close! Wonderful nature! 🙌🙌👍👍

[@DesGreene]

Hi Jennifer. Aren't they wonderful? 😁 I only had my compact camera, so getting it to focus properly was a challenge, but luckily there were plenty of damselflies about! Four minutes of reasonable footage, and about two hours worth in the recycle bin! 😂 All the best and catch you soon👍😊

[@CeritaFandaVancouver]

O wow, they are amazingly carry different colors from purple, red, light blue, dark blue, yellowish, beautiful green at 3:09.

[@DesGreene]

Hello Cerita! Hope you are keeping well👍 Aren't they wonderful creatures? Always colourful and fascinating to watch!

[@wendingourway]

How great is that, Des. You really captured some pretty wonderful footage there! We have both the Damsel and Dragon, but I think more of the Dragon variety. Always fascinated by the iridescent colours...amazing! Take good care now and enjoy the rest of the week. Bruce and Otis

[@DesGreene]

Thanks Bruce, much appreciated! 🙂 There were a few dragons about, but they wouldn't pose for the camera! I'm a sucker for watching both though. Something kind of prehistoric about them! Thanks for for watching, and wish Otis a happy birthday for me (think I saw a pic of his birthday dinner) 👍🙂🎂

[@wendingourway]

@@DesGreene Yup, Otis just turned 7!

[@DesmondsDonders]

Hi Des, lovely video. Not seen any yet this year, no damsels in distress and no Dragons.

[@DesGreene]

Cheers David!👍 I guess their cycle is a few weeks later up your way? I got lucky on this weekend, as the little lake and stream was alive with damslflies! A few dragons, but not many.

[@WyeExplorer]

Sorry for not noticing the uploads des. I can see and feel how fascinating the Damselflies are to you. They are exquisite I'd say and so beautiful as they dance upon the waters. I love to see them. Nice capture mate. All the best as always. Mark

[@DesGreene]

Thanks Mark. They do fascinate me, and it was great to get a day when they cooperated with the camera for a change! 👍😁

[@WyeExplorer]

@@DesGreene A pleasure des. Yeah, I'm sure they do - I love to see them. Ha, they're like butterflies. There then gone.

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

Ah this is wonderful Des. I was trying to take photos of Damselflies yesterday and failing miserably! Especially the Damoiselle, they just don’t stop moving! Beautiful captures mate. 😍

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Dave! 👍 It was quite a breezy day, so the damsels seemed to be landing a lot, and there were also plenty about. Dragonflies weren't playing ball at all though! 😂 Hope all is well with you and Sue. Catch you soon👍

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

@@DesGreene 👍👍

[@stubloggs6358]

That was very enjoyable Des.........I know by experience its really difficult to film dragonflies its hard enough to photograph them. Was hoping to get some while at the Lake-district but that 6week hot spell over there before I went seemed to have confused them into thinking it was later in the year and I seen very few compared to previous years. Lovely ''sights and sounds'' video.............ATB........Stu...

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Stu! Not sure if it was the breezy day, or a lot of mating pairs, but the damselflies were a lot easier to film than usual. Not many dragonflies about, and most weren't landing apart from a brief shot of that chaser! All the best & thanks for watching👍👍

[@stubloggs6358]

@@DesGreene Mmmmm.....its surprising that the dragonflies are in short supply, must have something to do with that hot/dry spell in late May and June.

[@AlanMETALMAN]

Looked an idyllic spot and we were at a similar place with out 3 year old grandson last week and that was wick with them, never seen so many and he thought they were brilliant. Yu did a better job filming them than I did, I ended up deleting my footage lol, cheers Alan

[@DesGreene]

Hi Alan. I've been fascinated by dragonflies and damselflies since I was a kid too, so you may have started something with your grandson! 😅 They can be tricky to catch on camera, but on that day plenty seemed to be landing for just about long enough. By the way, I dropped you a message on Instagram, not sure if you saw it? Cheers for watching. Catch you soon 👍🙂

[@AlanMETALMAN]

@@DesGreene - 2 day in bed with some kind of bug, so behind with everything at the moment. Hopefully going to start perking up today 👍

[@DesGreene]

@@AlanMETALMAN Bad luck mate...get well soon👍