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A taste of sunshine has allowed 2 more species to emerge. Stephen Barlow saw this teneral male White-legged Damselfly on Marl Allotment at Whixall Moss, presumably having emerged from the nearby canal and now sheltering in the…

Paul Spear has sent in these great photos of Demoiselles emerging at Coalbrookdale. Pictured left is the mature larvae...though difficult to tell if Beautiful or Banded without a closer look...and both species were present. Below…

These lovely photos sent in by Jim Almond show us an immature female Blue-tailed Damselfly form violacea. Strictly speaking this is really an immature immature form violacea as even the purple coloration hasn't fully developed…

Jim Almond has sent further photos and some fascinating detail about the Broad-bodied Chaser emerging from his pond. The dragonfly emerged on 20th May just in time for 'biblical rains' which then ensued for a number…

Paul Spear has sent in some lovely photos of the first Common Clubtails seen at Coalbrookdale on 19th May. You can clearly see the diagnostic separation between the eyes and the Clubbed tail - more…

Having just enjoyed a week of sleet and wind in North Yorkshire I return to find the Shropshire weather has also been very unlike May! Despite this a number of species have somehow managed to emerge…

Earlier this month Jim Almond sent in photos of the female Variable Damselfly blue form and to complete the picture we now have a female dark form (left and below left). These striking pictures not…

Just a reminder that last spring in the Wyre Forest we saw the first Hairy Dragonflies in Shropshire for a while. The most recent previous confirmed record was a one-off sighting at Whixall Moss in 2013.…

Another glorious photo of a recently emerged Four-spotted Chaser has been sent in by Stephen Barlow. I've zoomed in on a couple of areas just to enjoy the finer detail. Below left you can see the black…

Well fleeting glimpses of sunshine and thunderous downpours of hail aren't your classic recipe for successful dragonfly emergence. Stephen Barlow took this beautiful photo of a Four-spotted Chaser at Whixall Moss that had somehow completed…