Damselflies on canal reeds

Damselflies on canal reeds
Originally uploaded by Kindurco.

This is a little further west along the canal, but still on Westercommon. If you look very closely there are several Damselflies near the top of these reeds. This was taken on the Forth and Clyde Canal, in the centre of Glasgow, less than two miles from the throbbing city centre. Isn't wildlife wonderfully resiliant!! It is near the old 'claypit' where they dug out the clay to create the seal on the bottom of the canal 200 years ago. There were also a couple of drift mines apparantly going into the hill behind. The whole area was an industrial landscape until the canal closed in 1961. In the 70's people started to view the area as a potential resource and a lot of tree planting was done, especially around the shale slopes [ helps stabilise the ground]. Unfortunately there are still individuals who see 'wild' areas as somewhere to dump rubbish, so every so often there are washing machines, and burnt out cars found near the end of the old track. It spoils it for everyone else and gives the place a bad reputation.