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Some lovely photos of Common Hawker in flight taken by Stephen Barlow. The female is seen here on the left with a far stockier body and very reduced antehumeral stripes, and the male is shown…

I often think wouldn't it be great if the ancient ancestors of dragonflies with wingspans over 70cm were still flying around. Robin Ellis has spotted this specimen near Shrewsbury with a wingspan probably more like 7 m!…

...but sadly on each other! Damselflies seem to be low in numbers this year and there'll be even less with this going on. The first photo taken by Edward Andrews shows a male Blue-tailed Damselfly…

A fabulous shot of a Common Hawker head on showing clearly the narrow antehumeral (shoulder) stripes on the top of the thorax and the yellow costa (leading vein of the wings). This great shot was…

Jan Shields has been enjoying a host of Common Darters (below) and the first Shropshire Migrant Hawkers for 2016 at Mousecroft Pool, Shrewsbury. Some really lovely in flight shots where you can even see the diagnostic…

Stephen Barlow has been keeping an eye on Whixall Moss observing numerous Black Darters and Common Hawkers, Common Darter (photo left), Brown Hawker and a solitary Emperor. Interestingly only a few damselflies were spotted and I've certainly…

Finally a bit of summertime and with it some Keeled Skimmers. I checked a remote site for these insects about a month ago with no success so was very pleased when I returned to the Long…

Jan Shields has been grabbing the recent windows of sunshine at Mousecroft Pool in Shrewsbury and took this lovely shot of a Ruddy Darter in the 'obelisk' position. The insect points it's abdomen directly at…

After much hunting Jim Almond spotted this lovely female immature Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly on Titterstone Clee Hill. Having tried to find this species myself (with no success!) I'm really pleased Jim has spotted this often…

J. Shields seems to have the magic touch when it comes to Common Hawkers; firstly catching this beautiful in flight shot at Whixall Moss and then being 'landed on' by a lunching individual at Carding…