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The sun shines on and Four-spotted Chasers are emerging at Whixall Moss alongside good numbers of Large Red Damselflies. Stephen Barlow has sent in this fabulous photo showing clearly the 4 black spots at the wing…

Whixall Moss is so often where the earliest sightings for Shropshire are made and 2022 is no exception. Stephen Barlow saw 4 Large Red Damselflies on Saturday 16th April which means the flight season is underway! Stephen…

Somehow we are already rolling through March which means we are probably weeks away from the start of the Shropshire flight season! I'm busy finalising the dragonfly newsletter for last season before we start another…

The latest ever resident Shropshire species record now sits with Common Darter - 2 individuals pictured here and seen by Stephen Barlow at Whixall Moss on 25th November....will they last to December?

...and now we have 2 species seen on the latest date ever for resident dragonflies in Shropshire. Here is Stephen Barlow face to face with a darter taken an hour or so ago on Whixall…

The sun is out and the sky is blue and we have a Shropshire record for you! Stephen Barlow has been out today (22nd November) on Whixall Moss and photographed this female Common Darter within…

Stephen Barlow has sent in late records of both Common Hawker and Black Darter seen at Whixall Moss on 14th November- the latter pictured here. These sightings represented the latest ever Shropshire records for both…

As well as Common Darters Stephen Barlow spotted this female Black Darter at Whixall Moss on 4th November...still in good shape with the diagnostic black triangle clearly visible on top of the thorax and 2…

Following a markedly cooler night Stephen Barlow visited Whixall Moss on Tuesday and managed to find 3 Common Darters -an over mature female pictured left. The southwesterly winds meant sheltered basking sites were difficult to…

Amazingly the mild weather continues as we hurtle towards the end of October. Stephen Barlow reports Common Darter and Common Hawker both being present on Whixall Moss on 25th October. The latest Shropshire record ever…