Well after a hint of summer back in February and then a hot week last week I thought I'd better launch the 2019 blog just in case we have early records coming in.....and now snow is…
adminApril 2, 2019
Stephen Barlow reports 2 more Common Darters seen at Whixall Moss on 13th November and 'a hawker' -the latter just inconveniently over the border in Wales! The latest recorded sighting of Common Darter in Shropshire…
adminNovember 14, 2018
Stephen Barlow has been seeking out more early November Common Darters finding them in sun traps on Whixall Moss. Interestingly Stephen points out that due to the low sun at this time of year a…
adminNovember 5, 2018
Despite the recent hard frosts Stephen Barlow is still seeing a reasonable number of species lurking in the warmer spots on Whixall Moss. These pics of a female Migrant Hawker (left), Black Darter (below left)…
adminNovember 1, 2018
Stephen Barlow reports Black Darter and Migrant Hawker still on the wing at Whixall Moss last week as well as Common Hawker - a female seen here with a very parallel sided abdomen, not waisted…
adminOctober 25, 2018
Jason Kernohan has spotted 2 male Black Darters on Titterstone Clee Hill in south Shropshire -one photographed here showing the characteristic waisted abdomen of the male. Only a handful of Black Darter records have ever…
adminSeptember 5, 2018
Jan Shields has been enjoying our late summer species at Mousecroft Pool including a number of Darters and Hawkers. The female in this pair of Migrant Hawkers illustrates the long anal appendages typical of this…
adminSeptember 3, 2018
Dawn Balmer has been visiting the Stiperstones area and The Bog Pool and enjoying 2 of our late summer species in all their glory! This stunning male Emerald Damselfly really lives up to it's name…
adminAugust 16, 2018
Migrant Hawker finally confirmed on the wing and seen here by Jan Shields both at Whixall Moss and at Mousecroft Pool near Shrewsbury. Jan's photos show clearly the reduced antehumeral stripes on the male thorax…
adminAugust 6, 2018