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The first 2022 Brown Hawker record has come in from Shrewsbury where the dragonfly spent a good 30min hawking up and down a garden occasionally pausing to eat it's insect prey. Elsewhere a couple of lovely…

Stephen Barlow has sent in the first picture of Black Darter for this year (left). Seen at Whixall Moss this female looks very like an immature male but has a far broader straighter abdomen and…

With the weather warming up dragonflies abound! Jan Shields braved the heat at Whixall Moss at the weekend and saw a male teneral Southern Hawker (left) still very pale and yet to develop full coloration.…

Two more species have taken to the skies; Emerald Damselfly and Golden-ringed Dragonfly. This immature male Emerald Damselfly was spotted by Stephen Barlow on Whixall Moss. All the brown areas will become powdery blue as the…

After a couple of anonymous sightings on iRecord we now have proof that Southern Hawker is definitely on the wing. Jan Shields has found the first Southern Hawker exuvia on her pond for this year…

Mark Rogers has been lucky enough to spot 2 Clubtails resting on the same leaf! These are both teneral specimens with opaque eyes and glassy wings. Both the female and immature male are black and yellow…

Jan Shields has sent in the first photos of Black-tailed Skimmer; a teneral seen here (left) showing the diagnostic black ladder patterning on the yellow abdomen. Jan also saw a number of Emperors and the…

Debbie Simpson has sent in this lovely photo of Red-eyed Damselflies (and a Common Blue lurking below) seen on Amphibious Bistort in Coalport. The differences between the male and female are clear, not least the…

Curious Raven has been photographing Demoiselles on the River Tern at Walkmills Nature Site in Market Drayton. Both UK species were present which gives us the opportunity to compare the males. The Beautiful male (left) has…

Jan Shields has been enjoying good numbers of Common Blue, Large Red and Azure Damselflies at Snailbeach Reservoir...along side Broad-bodied Chasers. Jan's photos clearly show how flattened the abdomen of the Broad-bodied Chaser is hence…