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Bob Dennison (County Dragonfly Recorder for Radnorshire) has seen a male Norfolk Hawker flying at New House farm Pools SO4694 9429 near Church Stretton. No photo, but incredible that we now have 3 separate locations…

Great news- Bob Kemp has recorded the first Willow Emerald Damselfly in Shropshire yesterday (30th July) seen in Comer Wood at Dudmaston. This species has been on our radar for a few years now so…

Jan Shields has sent in some great photos of darters...not all from the UK, but all these species are now present in the UK so it's definitely worth being aware of some rarities you just…

Mark Underwood planned to photograph this Black Darter up at Pole Cottage Pools only to find someone else in the photo! The result is a beautiful display of black and yellow insects and a reminder…

Geoff Hall has sent in this wonderful photo of the white frons (face area) of the White-face Darter seen up at Whixall Moss. The photo below also shows white veins extending beyond the pterostigma towards…

Andrew Turner has sent in these lovely photos of a male Golden-ringed Dragonfly seen at Cramer Gutter. They really illustrate close up the fabulous green eyes that meet just at a single point. You can…

Bob Kemp has sent in this great photo of a Four-spotted Chaser and wonderful reflection! It is a form called praenubila which simply has more black at the wing nodes and towards the end of…

Sightings of Small Red-eyed Damselfly have come in from Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre where Geoff Hall saw about 10 individuals - some beautifully pictured here. The red eyes on this species really do stand out…

I make no apologies for more photos of Norfolk Hawker as I still find it incredible that we have it in 2 locations (so far) in Shropshire. Roger Wilkinson saw a mating pair and 1…

Thank you so much for all the photos and records that are coming in -it makes it hard to select a few! Geoff Hall has been at Upper Darnford where he spotted this female Keeled…