Jan Shields has been keeping a close eye on this female Common Clubtail seen on the River Severn at Frankwell. Now is the time to see this rare species often emerging below the fishing platforms…
adminMay 29, 2019
There have been a number of fleeting glimpses of 'early hawkers' up at Whixall Moss recently. Though unidentified there is a possibility that these could be Hairy Dragonflies. This species is very rare in Shropshire…
adminMay 28, 2019
The first Shropshire based Clubtails have been seen on the River Severn at Coalbrookdale by Paul Spear. Five were spotted on Sunday and not only has Paul sent in some lovely pics of a female,…
adminMay 20, 2019
It seems Whixall Moss is leading the way again with first sightings. As my pond in Shrewsbury is only just getting underway with good numbers of Large Red Damselflies and Four-spotted Chasers emerging, up at…
adminMay 16, 2019
I was just sauntering passed Radbrook Pond on Sunday when I found these 2 exuviae. The larger of the 2 is Red-eyed Damselfly- a distinctively large exuviae with bands visible on the caudal lamellae (below…
adminMay 6, 2019
Stephen Barlow has seen and photographed this female Azure Damselfly at Whixall Moss on Saturday 4th May. Stephen also reported good numbers of Large Red Damselflies present in the more sheltered spots and 5 more Four-spotted…
adminMay 6, 2019
Stephen Barlow had an excellent early haul of 3 different species on Whixall Moss on Bank Holiday Monday. An immature male White-faced Darter is seen here on the far left showing yellow markings which will…
adminApril 23, 2019
Hot on the heels of the first sightings, Large Reds were seen at both Attingham Park (by Paul Spear) and Whixall Moss (by Stephen Barlow) on Good Friday. Paul took the photo shown here of…
adminApril 23, 2019
And we're off! Maria Justamond has seen the first Large Red Damselflies emerging in Shropshire at Upton Magna yesterday- Wednesday 17th April. Several were seen and I'm sure that with the amazing forecast we should see much…
adminApril 18, 2019