Geoff Hall has seen Willow Emerald at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre at Craven Arms- only the second recorded site for this species in Shropshire! This male was seen illustrating the characteristic spread wings, the long…
adminAugust 17, 2025
Mark Underwood has sent in some great photos from Pole Cottage Pools on the Longmynd - showing 2 of our sadly declining upland species that have both been classified as Endangered on the recently updated…
adminAugust 7, 2025
Julian Livsey has sent in a great close up of Migrant Hawker seen near Pontesbury. This male has text book 'reduced' antehumeral stripes and a perfect yellow 'golf tee' shape on segment 2 of the…
adminAugust 5, 2025
Bob Dennison (County Dragonfly Recorder for Radnorshire) has seen a male Norfolk Hawker flying at New House farm Pools SO4694 9429 near Church Stretton. No photo, but incredible that we now have 3 separate locations…
adminAugust 4, 2025
Great news- Bob Kemp has recorded the first Willow Emerald Damselfly in Shropshire yesterday (30th July) seen in Comer Wood at Dudmaston. This species has been on our radar for a few years now so…
adminJuly 31, 2025
Jan Shields has sent in some great photos of darters...not all from the UK, but all these species are now present in the UK so it's definitely worth being aware of some rarities you just…
adminJuly 30, 2025
Mark Underwood planned to photograph this Black Darter up at Pole Cottage Pools only to find someone else in the photo! The result is a beautiful display of black and yellow insects and a reminder…
adminJuly 17, 2025
Geoff Hall has sent in this wonderful photo of the white frons (face area) of the White-face Darter seen up at Whixall Moss. The photo below also shows white veins extending beyond the pterostigma towards…
adminJuly 10, 2025
Andrew Turner has sent in these lovely photos of a male Golden-ringed Dragonfly seen at Cramer Gutter. They really illustrate close up the fabulous green eyes that meet just at a single point. You can…
adminJuly 8, 2025