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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Very pleased to actually report some sightings myself today- Common Blue Damselfly recently emerged from it's nearby exuvia at a fishery pond near Pontesbury. The good news is I had a pot for the exuvia,…

A new week and a new species for 2014! Thanks to Warwick Davies continuing to watch his pond near Oswestry we have the first Azure Damselfly sighting for 2014 on 5th May. Warwick also reports…

The flight season is definitely underway with further reports of Large Red Damselfly spotted by Keith Fowler at Hope Valley SWT on 30th April. More individuals of this species were also seen on 3rd May…

It seems like Monday the 28th April was definitely launch day for Shropshire's dragonflies. Thanks to Warwick Davies keeping a close eye on his garden pond near Oswestry we have sightings of 2 teneral Large Red…