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Having got sidetracked by Banded Demoiselles I forgot to post this fabulous picture taken by Andy Beech of a Clubtail emerging in Shrewsbury yesterday. I also saw an individual emerging and came face to face…

More sunshine and a quick cycle out around Shrewsbury resulted in seeing Red-eyed Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly -both firsts for me this season. What's more I even managed to photograph the teneral Blue-tailed Damselfly seen…

The great thing about us all going looking for Clubtails is finding other species too. David Goodwin firstly spotted a Banded Demoiselle on 11th May near Melverley (whilst looking for Clubtails) followed by myself and…

Having heard it was worth checking for Common Clubtail I popped down to the River Severn in Shrewsbury this evening and was rewarded with 13 exuviae which was a great start. These were all found…

Stephen Barlow has sent in some stunning photos of Stonechats feeding on Four-spotted Chasers up at Whixall Moss. Stephen reports that in this pair the female seems far more successful in gathering food for the young…

Again Whixall Moss is coming up trumps for first sightings....this time a few female Azure Damselflies seen on 5th May by Stephen Barlow. This lovely shot shows the narrow antehumeral stripes and coenagrion spur (spur…

Graham Wenman has sent in some lovely photos of Large Red Damselfly emerging from his pond - a 2ft x 3 ft pond proving that even small bodies of water can be really productive and…

In addition to Large Red Damselflies and Four-spotted Chasers Stephen Barlow has spotted the first White-faced Darters for 2017 at Whixall Moss. His photos show a teneral male (far left) and a teneral female (left). Both…

Stephen Barlow has spotted an early dragonfly at Whixall Moss on Saturday 22nd April. The Four-spotted Chaser is seen in his photo on the far left with four spots clearly visible on the wings and dark…

It seems 18th April was definitely the start of the flight season with Stephen Barlow also reporting around 9 teneral Large Reds at Whixall Moss - 2 beautifully photographed here.