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Stephen Barlow recently noticed a White-faced Darter take it's maiden flight post emergence. He grabbed his camera to photograph the individual where it landed only to see a Common Lizard leap into the frame and…

Jim Almond has sent in this rather strange photo of a recently emerged Large Red Damselfly that hasn't quite finished the job. So often we see individuals deformed by nearby obstacles, overcrowding or being battered…

Nothing like a sunny spell to get things underway! Jim Almond has seen Broad-bodied Chaser emerging from his pond near Shrewsbury (below right) and has also seen the far less common Variable Damselfly whilst surveying…

Stephen Barlow has sent in this lovely sequence of a White-faced Darter emerging at Whixall Moss. Thinking this may be the first he then saw a second individual with black and yellow coloration far more developed…

The sun shines on and Four-spotted Chasers are emerging at Whixall Moss alongside good numbers of Large Red Damselflies. Stephen Barlow has sent in this fabulous photo showing clearly the 4 black spots at the wing…

Whixall Moss is so often where the earliest sightings for Shropshire are made and 2022 is no exception. Stephen Barlow saw 4 Large Red Damselflies on Saturday 16th April which means the flight season is underway! Stephen…

Somehow we are already rolling through March which means we are probably weeks away from the start of the Shropshire flight season! I'm busy finalising the dragonfly newsletter for last season before we start another…

The latest ever resident Shropshire species record now sits with Common Darter - 2 individuals pictured here and seen by Stephen Barlow at Whixall Moss on 25th November....will they last to December?

...and now we have 2 species seen on the latest date ever for resident dragonflies in Shropshire. Here is Stephen Barlow face to face with a darter taken an hour or so ago on Whixall…

The sun is out and the sky is blue and we have a Shropshire record for you! Stephen Barlow has been out today (22nd November) on Whixall Moss and photographed this female Common Darter within…