Well as most of us hideaway from ridiculous temperatures it seems the dragonflies are loving it! Curious Raven has sent in this fabulous photo of a male Emperor on the wing in Edgmond, near Newport.…
adminJuly 18, 2022
The first 2022 Brown Hawker record has come in from Shrewsbury where the dragonfly spent a good 30min hawking up and down a garden occasionally pausing to eat it's insect prey. Elsewhere a couple of lovely…
adminJuly 1, 2022
Stephen Barlow has sent in the first picture of Black Darter for this year (left). Seen at Whixall Moss this female looks very like an immature male but has a far broader straighter abdomen and…
adminJune 22, 2022
With the weather warming up dragonflies abound! Jan Shields braved the heat at Whixall Moss at the weekend and saw a male teneral Southern Hawker (left) still very pale and yet to develop full coloration.…
adminJune 20, 2022
Two more species have taken to the skies; Emerald Damselfly and Golden-ringed Dragonfly. This immature male Emerald Damselfly was spotted by Stephen Barlow on Whixall Moss. All the brown areas will become powdery blue as the…
adminJune 20, 2022
After a couple of anonymous sightings on iRecord we now have proof that Southern Hawker is definitely on the wing. Jan Shields has found the first Southern Hawker exuvia on her pond for this year…
adminJune 16, 2022
Mark Rogers has been lucky enough to spot 2 Clubtails resting on the same leaf! These are both teneral specimens with opaque eyes and glassy wings. Both the female and immature male are black and yellow…
adminJune 12, 2022
Jan Shields has sent in the first photos of Black-tailed Skimmer; a teneral seen here (left) showing the diagnostic black ladder patterning on the yellow abdomen. Jan also saw a number of Emperors and the…
adminJune 12, 2022
Debbie Simpson has sent in this lovely photo of Red-eyed Damselflies (and a Common Blue lurking below) seen on Amphibious Bistort in Coalport. The differences between the male and female are clear, not least the…
adminJune 9, 2022