Common Clubtails are now being seen in greater numbers and at more locations such as Atcham and Coalbrookdale. This species tends to emerge on mass so now is definitely the time to keep an eye…
adminMay 26, 2016
No photos yet, but apparently Clubtails have been seen recently emerged near Eardington (south of Bridgnorth). This species tends to emerge on mass so the next couple of weeks will be the best time to…
adminMay 18, 2016
The first of the fabulous demoiselles was spotted at Whixall Moss last saturday by J. Shields. The metallic green female Banded Demoiselle is shown here.P.Spear also visited Whixall on Monday and took some fabulous emergence shots…
adminMay 17, 2016
More sunshine dragged me away from the computer this afternoon and though sightings were far from numerous I did see my first Blue-tailed Damselflies for this year at Mousecroft Pool in Shrewsbury. Many had recently emerged…
adminMay 16, 2016
Photo © D.Marquina-Reyes Just had a report that Red-veined Darters have been spotted by Steve Stansfield the Warden at the Bardsey Island bird observatory. This means that we may see this rare migrant again in…
adminMay 16, 2016
A fabulous weekend of sunshine has finally resulted in a bit more activity! I cycled to a number of sites on Saturday only to be rewarded with a smattering of Large Red and Azure Damselflies and then finally…
adminMay 16, 2016
It seems things have been slow to get going this season, but I'm glad to report J.Shields has seen Azure Damselfly emerging from her pond in Hanwood. This female clearly shows the narrow antehumeral stripes and the…
adminMay 13, 2016
The BDS are encouraging people to make Complete Lists of species at sites as this allows them to do more robust data analysis on the records you collect. At the simplest level this means noting…
adminMay 5, 2016
And here's one (of 3) spotted by S. Barlow yesterday on Whixall Moss. No confirmed sightings of dragons or damsels from Whixall yet but if you look closely at the pics there's certainly a large…
adminMay 4, 2016