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Sue Loose was out enjoying the heat of Whixall Moss on Sun 22nd and recorded the first Black Darter of the season- a female photographed beautifully below showing the diagnostic black triangle on top of…

Just a quick update.....struggling to work in the heat I thought time would be better served drifting past a pond or two...and it was...Brown Hawkers, Emperor Dragonfly, a smattering of blue and red damsels and a…

Kain Prestwood has recorded more female Common Darters at Eardington NR on 22nd June amongst numerous Common Blue Damselflies and a number of Four-spotted Chasers.This photo shows a fully intact specimen at the start of…

Fabulous weather and lots of records coming in including a possible sighting of Emerald Damselfly at Whixall Moss by Meurig Garbutt on 20th June. Unfortunately no photos due to Meurig doing battle with biting insects- something…

Following a conversation with Keith Fowler re a possible sighting of Common Darter a number of days ago (to be confirmed...) I subsequently received proof from Ian Barrie with the following photo of a teneral…

Having spent a frustrating cloudy hour stood at Rea Brook yesterday I was very pleased to hear from David Williams who had been the day before and seen everything! Banded and Beautiful Demoiselles, Large Red…

Whixall Moss was enjoyed by Michael Foley last week who saw Four-spotted Chasers, Azure and Blue-tailed Damselflies and White-faced Darters- still looking fabulous as seen below:

David Williams was out enjoying 'clouds of bewildering blue damsels' at Dudmaston on Saturday 14th. Amongst the Common Blues, Blue-tailed and Azures he took this great shot of Red-eyed Damselflies in cop at Seggy Pool.Also…

Paul Hope and Christian East both struck lucky last Friday with early separate sightings of the magnificent Brown Hawker. Paul saw an individual hawking along the hedgerow near Betton Abbots just south east of Shrewsbury…

Gwyn and Sue Hiatt have been very busy recording near Telford which keeps me occupied (!) and also provides some lovely photos to share. At Priorslee Lake on 6th June amongst a plethora of damselflies they…