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
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
Jim Almond has seen the first Shropshire Migrant Hawkers on the wing at Venus Pool. Having followed what he thought was initially a male on the wing close up shots eventually revealed this female with…
adminAugust 16, 2020
David Williams has sent in some great photos of the Broad-bodied Chaser larvae that he has been following in his pond. It's amazing to see how much they have grown in stature over a short…
adminAugust 16, 2020
News just in- further sightings of Small Red-eyed Damselfly at Wellfield Fishery, Button Bridge, Wyre Forest. That's 3 sightings so far this year....keep us posted so we can see how quickly and how far they…
adminAugust 14, 2020
Two lovely photos of Black Darter have been sent in from Whixall Moss and they provide a useful contrast to the Common Darter female pictured in the previous post. The female Black Darter (left) has…
adminAugust 13, 2020