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White-legged Damselflies on Rea Brook

Having spent a frustrating cloudy hour stood at Rea Brook yesterday I was very pleased to hear from David Williams who had been the day before and seen everything! Banded and Beautiful Demoiselles, Large Red…
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June 20, 2014
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Black-tailed Skimmers on the wing

David Williams was out enjoying 'clouds of bewildering blue damsels' at Dudmaston on Saturday 14th. Amongst the Common Blues, Blue-tailed and Azures he took this great shot of Red-eyed Damselflies in cop at Seggy Pool.Also…
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June 16, 2014
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Friday 13th -lucky for some!

Paul Hope and Christian East both struck lucky last Friday with early separate sightings of the magnificent Brown Hawker. Paul saw an individual hawking along the hedgerow near Betton Abbots just south east of Shrewsbury…
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June 16, 2014
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Dabbling in Damselflies

Gwyn and Sue Hiatt have been very busy recording near Telford which keeps me occupied (!) and also provides some lovely photos to share. At Priorslee Lake on 6th June amongst a plethora of damselflies they…
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June 9, 2014
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More Variable Damselflies spotted

Michael Foley took advantage of the weather window last Thursday and visited Berrington Pool where amongst the Common Blue and Azure damselflies he also spotted Variable Damselfly and Red-eyed Damselfly. This is a regular site…
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June 9, 2014
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The Emperor Arrives!

Just returned from checking a privately owned site to the north east of Shrewsbury where I was lucky enough to see Downy Emerald -recorded for the second year at this location which is great. Though the…
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June 6, 2014
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Southern Hawkers emerging

After a couple of suspected hawker sightings from Jonathan Groom in the last few days we now have definite proof that hawkers are on the wing. Warwick Davies spotted the emerging larvae on his pond near…
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June 6, 2014
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The joy of blue damselflies…

Barry Smith has been keeping an eye on Whixall Moss this weekend and reports numerous Azure, Large Red and Blue-tailed Damselflies and Four-spotted Chasers and White-faced Darters. A reported hive of activity with ovipositing and…
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June 2, 2014