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Ron Kinrade has sent in these lovely photos of 3 Norfolk Hawkers seen at Whixall Moss on 19th June on the large lake when you have just passed the advertised White-faced Darter pool. The clear…

Mark Underwood has sent in this photo of a female Brown Hawker enjoying what looks like an exotic lunch? This was taken at Bayston Hill Quarry where reportedly there were loads of Broad-bodied and Four-spotted…

Tim Walter has sent in this beautiful multiple exposure photo of Ruddy Darter flying from a bramble at Pam's Pools. Tim also sent in the inflight Emperor (left below) which shows really clearly the blocks…

Heavy rain has postponed an afternoons damselfly identification course so I thought I'd post a couple of recent records showing what we may have seen! Planning to visit Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre we may well…

Daniel Johnson and Gwen Earlham have recorded the first early Black Darters emerging at Whixall Moss. 5 were seen in total and this photo (left) clearly shows the diagnostic black triangle on top of the…

On the 6th June Tim Walter photographed this fairly fresh looking Common Darter. This close up enables us to clearly see the yellow stripe extending down the black legs - the most useful feature to…

David Williams has sent in these great photos of Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly seen unexpectedly at Beckbury Meadows - a privately owned site on the River Worfe flood plain between Albrighton and Bridgnorth. This site is…

An anonymous record for Southern Hawker 2nd June has come into iRecord via Birdtrack which unfortunately I have no way of verifying, but please do let me know if you definitely see this species on…

In between the threatening clouds on Saturday I was checking a privately owned site near Shrewsbury and saw 2 male Downy Emerald Dragonflies. I did my best to get a photo, but even with my…