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S. Barlow has been enjoying the first Emerald Damselflies of the year at Whixall Moss along with numerous White-faced Darters, Four-spotted Chasers and Azure, Common Blue, Blue-tailed and Large Red Damselflies. The male Emerald is…

Despite the dramatic change in weather S. Barlow has still managed to seek out some White-legged Damselflies sheltering in the vegetation up near Whitchurch. This lovely photo shows the broad flattened legs of the male…

Two more lovely photos taken by J. Almond last week showing the Downy Emerald in all it's glory with striking eyes and a really noticeable club shaped abdomen.J. Almond also photographed this female Blue-tailed damselfly…

Just a few of the great photos taken by Jim Almond last week showing firstly a textbook Variable Damselfly with great exclamation marks on the thorax, a black spur on the side of the thorax…

R. Knisely-Marpole has been in touch with some grim yet fascinating photos of a failed Common Hawker emergence -not in Shropshire but still worth posting. Richard thinks the poor individual probably fell from it's emergence…

Wow- amazing dragonfly weather and things have really picked up. I visited a number of private sites yesterday and was rewarded with great records of Downy Emeralds, Variable Damselflies, Emperor Dragonflies, 100s of Common Blue…

Just an update to the last post- here is L.Wilkinson's lovely shot of the Four-spotted Chaser form praenubila. The angle shows really clearly the extra dark pigment on the wings in addition to the four…

Many of you have been in touch with sightings at Whixall Moss of Large Red and Azure Damselflies, Banded Demoiselles, White-faced Darters and Four-spotted Chasers -seen here in this great photo from P. Spear. L.…

D. Williams reports White-legged Damselflies on the wing at Hampton Loade. 5 tenerals were seen on 28th May including the immature female shown here referred to as form lactea.On the same visit David was also lucky enough to see…

The great news is that the increased effort being made by people looking for Clubtails is really getting results. Starting with a few individual sightings at Atcham by R.Stokes and Hampton Loade by D.Williams (seen…