Three's a Crowd

 

Common blue damselflies on the lilypond at Bodnant Garden. 

The Common blue damselfly is our most common damselfly and can be found around almost any waterbody, or away from breeding sites in grassland and woodland. It is a regular visitor to gardens and is on the wing from April to September. The Common blue damselfly is an aggressive species: males will defend their females as they lay their eggs, both from their own kind and other species. As with other damselflies, when Common blues mate they form a 'mating wheel' in which the male clasps the female by the neck and she bends her body around to his reproductive organs.

Cemlyn Bay

Cemlyn’s curved bay is unique with its shingle ridge known as Esgair Cemlyn dividing the open sea from a saline coastal lagoon. In the summer months, the lagoon provides a home to the only breeding colony of sandwich terns in Wales.

Meadow Butterflies

 

An enjoyable hour in the wildflower meadow at Bodnant, I think this is a Meadow Brown.