The first Large Red Damselfly sighting has come in from Stephen Barlow at Whixall Moss. Just one individual seen on Thursday 15th April which took to the skies before a photo could be taken! Really…
adminApril 17, 2021
Inspired by the warmth in the sun yesterday I was sifting a few leaves off the garden pond and unexpectedly pulled out a number of larvae; 2 huge chasers and a good few Large Red…
adminMarch 22, 2021
Stephen Barlow may have been unexpectedly dodging the 'un-forecast' showers on Whixall Moss, but he knew where to look and found this male Black Darter basking in the brief sunny spells in between! A nice record for…
adminNovember 5, 2020
Having been unexpectedly unable to blog for a few weeks I thought I'd post some photos of our autumnal regulars; Migrant Hawker (female left and male below), Brown Hawker (male below right) and Black Darter…
adminNovember 3, 2020
Andrew Fusek Peters has sent in some truly stunning photos taken on 29th September on the Long Mynd. Andrew took these pictures at dawn and has been rewarded with the amazing spectacle of dew on…
adminOctober 4, 2020
All this fabulous autumnal weather means there are still a good number of dragonflies about. Miles Leach was enjoying the sunshine on Monday at Boyne Water on Brown Clee and reports dozens of Black Darter…
adminSeptember 16, 2020
Jim Almond has been back to Dudmaston and taken these fabulous photos of Small Red-eyed Damselfly seen in good numbers on the main pond. Jim saw lots of copulating pairs perhaps making the most of…
adminSeptember 2, 2020
Who'd have thought you could get too hot up on the Longmynd? Miles Leach has taken this great shot of a Black Darter male obelisking at Pole Cottage Pools. Usually such black coloration helps to absorb…
adminAugust 20, 2020
Jan Shields has sent in this stunning in flight shot of a Southern Hawker taken at Mousecroft Pool near Shrewsbury. Unfortunately numbers and abundance of species appears to be low possibly due to disturbance from current…
adminAugust 17, 2020