A few of you have been out and about in search of this species, but sadly nothing to report. P. Spear has however sent in some lovely shots of the very similar Red-eyed Damselfly still…
adminAugust 21, 2015
This is definitely a Shropshire based blog, but by accident I was sent a record from northern France by Steve Davenport and thought it was definitely worth sharing. Steve observed an Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator…
adminAugust 12, 2015
Just to mention Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum -as yet unrecorded in Shropshire, but recorded in neighbouring counties. We are now in the flight period for this species so please do look carefully at any…
adminAugust 10, 2015
It's certainly not been stable weather of late, but many of you are persevering and in between showers and cold spells are seeing some lovely dragons and damsels:S. Loose photographed this fabulous Brown Hawker Aeshna…
adminAugust 10, 2015
P. Spear has been enjoying the later summer darters at Whixall Moss and has sent in some great photos: This female Black Darter Sympetrum danae is clearly showing the characteristic yellow splash pattern on the side…
adminJuly 27, 2015
Usually when I plan dragonfly teaching events there's every chance of cloud and rain, but last weekend we were lucky and the FSC course at Preston Montford witnessed 17 species! Katherine Gee has sent in…
adminJuly 21, 2015
It definitely seems to be the time to catch these fantastic insects emerging from garden ponds and is certainly the best chance of getting a photo- when they're relatively still! Lots of records received in the last…
adminJuly 17, 2015
If you want to compare the face of Ruddy Darter below with Common Darter- the top photograph on this blog is a Common Darter!
adminJuly 14, 2015
P. Spear has been enjoying the dragonflies at Venus Pools and has sent in the first great photo this year of Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum. Enlarging the photo here makes the frons side line visible- this…
adminJuly 14, 2015