Jan Shields came face to face with the first Black Darters of the season on Friday 24th June at Whixall Moss- seeing 6 in total.
Jan’s photo (left) and Stephen Barlow’s photo (taken on 26th June also at Whixall) show the black triangle on top of the thorax- a diagnostic feature clearly visible in females and immature males.
Jan also took this lovely shot of a Four-spotted Chaser. Other records of note are the first Brown Hawker recently seen by D. Goodwin and J.Jones flying near Berrington and further Black-tailed Skimmers at Attingham. I’ve also had a really good look for Scarce Chaser at Attingham where it was once (!) recorded, but sadly to no avail!