Curious Raven has been photographing Demoiselles on the River Tern at Walkmills Nature Site in Market Drayton. Both UK species were present which gives us the opportunity to compare the males. The Beautiful male (left) has…
adminJune 6, 2022
A single Downy Emerald had been spotted and photographed on 27th and 28th May at Mousecroft Pool near Shrewsbury! This is a rare species for Shropshire usually confined to a few private sites so this…
adminMay 29, 2022
Many of us have been lucky enough to witness emerging dragonflies, but I always find sights like this incredible. Jenny Allaway has sent in this photo of Common Clubtail emerging on the banks of the River…
adminMay 24, 2022
Good numbers of Clubtail sightings are coming in from people seeing them right in the heart of town. Andy Beech has also been seeing White-legged Damselflies (left) also emerging from the River Severn in town…
adminMay 22, 2022
It turns out the 18th May was a wonderful Wednesday for dragonflies with 4 (possibly 5) more species on the wing. Jim Almond reported seeing the first Red-eyed and Common Blue Damselflies and Stephen Barlow…
adminMay 19, 2022
Jim Almond has sent in some photos of 'the blues' illustrating some of the differences between them. Variable Damselfly (male left, female below left) is a rare find in Shropshire and the male in this…
adminMay 18, 2022
Jim Almond has sent in some lovely photos of Four-spotted Chasers emerging from his garden pond near Shrewsbury. The pigment is already visible at the base of the wings indicating this is a Chaser (not a…
adminMay 17, 2022
Graham Wenman has sent in these photos of recently emerged Large Red Damselflies. He also found 3 exuviae proving they had succesfully bred in his pond...which is a repurposed dog bed! This is proof that…
adminMay 13, 2022
The first Common Clubtails for this year have been seen emerging from the River Severn in Shrewsbury. Mike Ashton saw this individual sadly looking worse for wear near the main car park. It's worth keeping…
adminMay 12, 2022