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Very mild temperatures mean a good few records are still coming in with Southern Hawker, Common Darter and Migrant Hawker all out and about. Jan Shields took these photos of a female Migrant Hawker ovipositing…

Adrian Jones has sent in this lovely photo of a Common Hawker seen over a period of 2 days in his wildlife garden in Shrewsbury. Though named a Common Hawker this species is far from…

As we launch into October with sunny skies it will be interesting to see how the remaining dragonflies fare. Incoming records show a reasonable number of species still on the wing in the last couple…

Just checking records on iRecord and found this wonderful picture of Common Hawker taken by Geoff Hall at Wildmoor Pool a few days ago. The light on the wings is beautiful and I couldn't resist…

Whenever dragonflies are spotted ovipositing in odd places it always seems to be a Southern Hawker. Jan Shields photographed this female ovipositing in dry moss at the base of an old dry birdbath just a…

Incredibly it's September tomorrow, but judging by records coming in from the weekend there's still a lot of dragonfly activity to be enjoyed. Miles Leach has been at a pond near the base of Brown Clee Hill…

Jill Orme has witnessed some extraordinary behaviour whilst observing Common Hawkers at Pole Cottage Pools on the Long Mynd. As the photographs rather grimly show, a female was going about her business ovipositing when a…

Miles Leach has been enjoying Emerald Damselflies at a relatively new pond near the base of Brown Clee Hill. This photo shows beautifully the differences between male and females of this species. Whilst both insects…

I finally returned to teaching dragonfly courses yesterday which was a joy! Not only did the sun come out, but at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms we were treated to a first sighting of…

Prees Heath Common Reserve is well known to butterfly enthusiasts, but the warden Stephen Lewis has recently recorded the dragonfly Black Darter - pictured left. This male was seen on 1st August and represents the…