More fabulous sunshine and Stephen Barlow reported the first Four-spotted Chaser from Whixall Moss on 22nd April pictured left. He also is seeing good numbers of Large Red Damselflies on the moss. Having scoured my pond…
adminApril 22, 2021
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
...well a dog bed to be precise! Graham Wenman has sent in some photos of the Large Red Damselfly larvae he found residing in his 'dog bed pond'. The larvae are squat and distinctive and…
adminApril 6, 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