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Jan Shields has sent in the first photos of female Emerald Damselflies. Unlike the male they have no blue coloration and you can clearly see the ovipositor at the end of the abdomen. Jan has…

Interesting records are coming in thick and fast! Firstly we have this great photo from Dave Emley who saw Small Red-eyed Damselfly at Prees Heath Common Reserve ridiculously early on 15th June. The following 2…

Geoff Hall has been out looking for butterflies on the less travelled part of the Long Mynd and happened across 4 Keeled Skimmers on a wet flush area. This is 1km away from another flush…

Julian Cartwright has been doing some great recording on Titterstone Clee Hill spotting a couple of our Shropshire rarities far earlier than expected. Keeled Skimmer (picture left)  has only been recorded at this location once…

Huge heat is bringing out huge dragonflies! Jan Shields has found the first evidence of Southern Hawker emerging from her pond and these photos show the diagnostic long shape of the mask on the underside…

Jan Shields has braved the heat at Whixall Moss and been rewarded with the first Black Darters emerging in the sunshine. The photos show a teneral female and though the colours are still developing you…

Julian Cartwright has sent in some lovely photos that happen to illustrate the range of Odonate abdomen widths! These female Broad-bodied Chasers (seen on Titterstone Clee ovipositing in a wheel rut)are actually even broader than…

With all this hot weather it's now possible to get 2 dragonflies per photo! Julian Cartwright has sent in a pair of male Large Red Damselflies and Jim Almond has sent in a pair of…

Jim Almond has sent in this fabulous close up of a Broad-bodied Chaser male. These are often the first species to investigate new water bodies and having recently built our pond we have already seen…

I was lucky enough to spot a female Downy Emerald today completing emergence at a private site near Shrewsbury. She then took her maiden flight up into the tree canopy and I took the remaining…