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Philip Bradley has sent in this beautiful tranquil scene of a female Emperor ovipositing near Pontesbury. If you look carefully at the lower left wing however you'll see the signs of wear and tear as…

Norfolk Hawker has been seen at Whixall Moss for the second year running with reports ranging from 1 to 3 adults. Jan Shields has sent these fabulous photos taken at Whixall showing a male with…

Having posted a female Emerald Damselfly yesterday, Stephen Barlow has kindly sent a photo of an immature male also seen at Whixall Moss. This illustrates how similar immature males are to the females. You can…

Stephen Barlow has sent in the first record for this year of Emerald Damselfly (below left) seen at Whixall Moss. This is a female with a stockier body than the male, no blue pruinescens and…

Until 8th June this year there had only ever been 1 record of Scarce Chaser in Shropshire made at Attingham Park in 2008. Jimmy Yau has now photographed this individual at Severn Valley Country Park…

Two more species are on the wing with Golden-ringed Dragonfly (left and below left) being seen by Jan Shields at Pole Cottage on the Longmynd and Black-tailed Skimmer being recorded by Chris Shaw in Telford…

Returned from hols and catching up still on all records, but a heads up that Paul Roughley has seen 2 Norfolk Hawkers in Montgomeryshire on the Montgomery Canal near to the Claypits Reserve. Keep your…

A strange spring with a sudden heat wave seems to result in smaller shallower pools really getting underway, but larger waterbodies still with very few if any dragonflies. I checked a few larger sites yesterday…

Sunday 24th May saw some of the first Emperors emerging. A teneral was seen in Chelmarsh and I was lucky enough to visit Anne Bradley's ponds in Pontesbury where we saw around 20 Emperor exuviae!…

Seems it's been a long time coming, but things are picking up a little and I've had the first Chasers emerging from my pond finally. Jan Shields has sent in these lovely photos of Banded…