Having got so used to stable weather earlier in the year we now have to grab the sunny opportunities when they appear! Julian Cartwright has photographed Common Darters on Clee Hill both in tandem and…
adminAugust 8, 2023
In between the downpours Migrant Hawker has taken to the skies. Martin Barnes spotted this immature male in Whitchurch on 16th July which is an early sighting for this late summer/autumnal species. Migrant Hawkers are…
adminJuly 20, 2023
Well it seems like ages since I have posted thanks to all the much needed rain (currently replenishing my pond!), but between the showers dragons and damsels are flying when they can. Chris Shaw has…
adminJuly 14, 2023
Jan Shields has sent in the first photos of female Emerald Damselflies. Unlike the male they have no blue coloration and you can clearly see the ovipositor at the end of the abdomen. Jan has…
adminJune 26, 2023
Interesting records are coming in thick and fast! Firstly we have this great photo from Dave Emley who saw Small Red-eyed Damselfly at Prees Heath Common Reserve ridiculously early on 15th June. The following 2…
adminJune 23, 2023
Geoff Hall has been out looking for butterflies on the less travelled part of the Long Mynd and happened across 4 Keeled Skimmers on a wet flush area. This is 1km away from another flush…
adminJune 22, 2023
Julian Cartwright has been doing some great recording on Titterstone Clee Hill spotting a couple of our Shropshire rarities far earlier than expected. Keeled Skimmer (picture left) has only been recorded at this location once…
adminJune 15, 2023
Huge heat is bringing out huge dragonflies! Jan Shields has found the first evidence of Southern Hawker emerging from her pond and these photos show the diagnostic long shape of the mask on the underside…
adminJune 13, 2023
Jan Shields has braved the heat at Whixall Moss and been rewarded with the first Black Darters emerging in the sunshine. The photos show a teneral female and though the colours are still developing you…
adminJune 11, 2023