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Tricky female damselflies!

Gwyn and Sue Hiatt have been out enjoying the challenges of female damselflies at Newport Canal. Three lovely pics seen below all showing the same species Blue-tailed Damselfly: The first 2 show the immature female form…
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May 27, 2014
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Broad-bodied Chasers on the wing

Rob Stokes has been also been enjoying Whixall Moss and on the 18th May saw several Broad-bodied Chasers in addition to White-faced Darters and Large Red damsels.A lovely wide unmistakeable dragonfly, but not typically a fan…
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May 21, 2014
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Spots before the eyes at Whixall!

Barrie Smith reports Whixall Moss is a hot bed of activity recording over 100 Four-spotted Chasers on 19th May. Good numbers engaged in all activites from copulating on the wing to ovipositing to territorial battles-…
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May 20, 2014
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Demoiselle Double at Rea Brook

Having spotted Beautiful Demoiselle earlier this month Jonathan Groom has returned to Rea Brook to find Beautiful and Banded Demoiselle- the latter shown below.The guide books highlight the different habitats preferred by these species- typically…
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May 20, 2014
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Great weather and 3 more species on the wing!

A fabulous weekend had many people out enjoying dragonflies including Jay Mitchell spotting Large Red and Common Blue  damsels on the Rea Brook and Gwyn and Sue Hiatt recording over 10 Beautiful Demoiselles and a…
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May 18, 2014
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Four Spots take to the skies

Good to hear some more dragons are joining the fray with Barrie Smith spotting at least a dozen Four-spotted Chasers at Whixall Moss yesterday (15th May). Numerous White-faced Darter and Large Red Damselflies also seen at…
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May 16, 2014
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More Beauties on the Wing

Jonathan Groom has been spotting Beautiful Demoiselles again -and this time with a camera. 3 males were seen today at Mor Brook near Eardington. They have been seen on this brook before, but at Morville…
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May 14, 2014
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Tricky weather for emergence

The good news is damselflies are emerging from the top to the bottom of the county with Large Red Damselfly being recorded on May 13th down south in Ludlow by Peta Sams. The not so…
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May 14, 2014
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Beautiful Demoiselle on Rea Brook

An interesting sighting of Beautiful Demoiselle made by Jonathan Groom today on the Rea Brook in Shrewsbury. No photo, but I couldn't resist putting one in from the British Dragonfly Society as this is a…
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May 7, 2014