Jan Shields has also been very grateful for her own garden pond in lockdown and has sent in these fabulous photos. The exuvia below left has been left behind by an emergent Large Red Damselfly. It…
adminApril 24, 2020
Stephen Barlow who is lucky enough to be doing his daily exercise on Whixall Moss has seen the first Four-spotted Chasers for Shropshire this year- about 10 of them to be precise! This lovely photo…
adminApril 22, 2020
Well still nothing on my home pond, but David Williams has been lucky enough to spot several teneral Large Red Damselflies flying out of the heather on his local exercise route at Stoney Hill, Telford.…
adminApril 17, 2020
Well in such unprecedented times it's some comfort to know Large Red Damselflies will be carrying on as normal! Records have already come in further south and typically we expect the first Shropshire sightings in…
adminApril 7, 2020
Stephen Barlow has sent in this stunning landscape of Whixall Moss with snow on the distant hills and ice on the ponds! Who'd have thought on the same day (10th Nov) he would see the…
adminNovember 11, 2019
A sunny Sunday (27th Oct) revealed Black Darter (male left) and Common Darter (female below) still on the wing at Whixall Moss. Stephen Barlow's pic of the female Common Darter shows clearly the diagnostic yellow…
adminOctober 29, 2019
A sunny but cool day on Whixall Moss (16th Oct) rewarded Stephen Barlow with a reasonable number of late summer sightings. Seeking out the sheltered basking spots Stephen photographed a nice collection of Black Darter…
adminOctober 23, 2019
Monsoon conditions today, but last weeks wonderful weather brought the late summer dragons out and about. Jan Shields described a 'Dragon Fest' at Snailbeach where large numbers of ovipositing Common Darter (left) were covering the…
adminSeptember 24, 2019
The recent hot spell has brought in some fabulous photos; firstly this male Migrant Hawker in flight taken by Jan Shields at Mousecroft Pool near Shrewsbury and secondly (below) a beautiful shot of a female…
adminAugust 28, 2019