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Meurig Garbutt recently journeyed to Titterstone Clee Hill in search of the aptly named Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly. Unfortunately she had no luck in that department, but amongst the Blue-tailed, Common Blue and Large Red Damsels…

Gary Palmer and Rob Stokes both report visiting this area recently, Gary recording a good number of male and female Keeled Skimmers and pairs in cop. Gary's photo below clearly shows the antehumeral stripes on…

A great shot below taken by Paul Hopwood at Whixall Moss on 3rd July. When four-spots have more extensive patches of black at the wing nodes and sometimes dark smudges of colour towards the end…

Paul Hopwood was also at Venus Pool yesterday and captured some fantastic shots of Ruddy Darter. Thought I'd put them on the blog firstly because they're great shots, but also because they show a more…

1st July and the first Ruddy Darter record received from Rob Stokes. This immature male specimen was seen at Venus Pool just south of Shrewsbury and the lovely photo below clearly shows the waisted abdomen. Zooming…

Jason Kernohan has recorded Scarce Blue-tailed Damselflies in the south of the county at Titterstone Clee Hill. This species has been recorded here before, but as the name suggests it is rare in Shropshire so…

Another sunny day yesterday and Barrie Smith was out spotting White-legged Damselflies on Whixall Moss. In recent years 1 or 2 sightings have come in from this area but records for this species on Whixall are…

For all those frustrated by fruitless searches for Club-tails I thought I'd share David William's sighting of 'a marvellous brace of club-tails' seen at Hampton Loade last Saturday (21st June). Not only were they numerous, but also…

Popped out to a couple of ponds near The Bog, Stiperstones and saw a good number of hawkers emerging. Fantastic to see both a Common Hawker (first I've heard of this season!) and a Southern…

Thanks to Rob Stokes visiting Catherton Common in the south of the county on June 23rd we have our first records this year of Golden-ringed Dragonfly and Keeled Skimmer. The latter is show in Rob's…