Stephen Barlow has sent in this great photo of Lesser Emperors ovipositing. It was taken in Cheshire on Marbury Big Mere, but definitely worth posting on the Shropshire blog as this behaviour of ovipositing in…
adminJuly 14, 2026
Mark Underwood has sent in these great photos from the Long Mynd. Firstly a female Golden-ringed Dragonfly enjoying a light lunch and below a lovely inflight Emperor Dragonfly and a female ovipositing. The Emperors were…
adminJuly 10, 2026
Another day another Red-veined Darter! Harry Beaman recorded this fabulous male at Newton Mere yesterday (between The Mere at Ellesmere and Colemere). This is a textbook male with a single stripe on the side of…
adminJuly 8, 2026
Harry Beaman had an amazing days dragonfly recording at The Mere in Ellesmere yesterday! Firstly he saw this Red-veined Darter- the first recorded in Shropshire since 2012! The photos left and below left show the…
adminJuly 7, 2026
It's all happening on the meres in Shropshire...Harry Beaman has seen around 15 (!) Norfolk Hawkers on Crosemere and 1 Lesser Emperor on 4th July. Lesser Emperor has only been recorded twice before in Shropshire…
adminJuly 6, 2026
Jake Dudderidge has been on the moss at Whixall on 29th June and seen the first few Black Darters. His lovely photo left shows a female with the diagnostic spots on the side of the…
adminJuly 1, 2026
Stephen Barlow has sent in this stunning inflight photo of Lesser Emperor seen just north of the Shropshire border at Marbury Big Mere last Friday. John Roberts the Cheshire County Dragonfly Recorder informs me that…
adminJune 28, 2026
Philip Bradley has sent in this beautiful tranquil scene of a female Emperor ovipositing near Pontesbury. If you look carefully at the lower left wing however you'll see the signs of wear and tear as…
adminJune 23, 2026
Norfolk Hawker has been seen at Whixall Moss for the second year running with reports ranging from 1 to 3 adults. Jan Shields has sent these fabulous photos taken at Whixall showing a male with…
adminJune 22, 2026