Jason Kernohan has spotted 2 male Black Darters on Titterstone Clee Hill in south Shropshire -one photographed here showing the characteristic waisted abdomen of the male. Only a handful of Black Darter records have ever…
adminSeptember 5, 2018
Dawn Balmer has been visiting the Stiperstones area and The Bog Pool and enjoying 2 of our late summer species in all their glory! This stunning male Emerald Damselfly really lives up to it's name…
adminAugust 16, 2018
Migrant Hawker finally confirmed on the wing and seen here by Jan Shields both at Whixall Moss and at Mousecroft Pool near Shrewsbury. Jan's photos show clearly the reduced antehumeral stripes on the male thorax…
adminAugust 6, 2018
David Goodwin has been in touch reporting over 60 Southern Hawker exuviae from his garden pond pictured below. David is based in Staffordshire, but such a focus on these 'proof of breeding' records deserves special…
adminJuly 30, 2018
Amazingly this discreet rare Shropshire species has been seen at another new site! - this time Titterstone Clee Hill, recorded by Jason Kernohan along with Common Hawkers and Azure, Blue-tailed, Common Blue and Emerald Damselflies.…
adminJuly 26, 2018
I was teaching a dragonfly ID course last weekend and we were out with nets in the torrid heat at Wildmoor Pool when one of the participants Carol Harvey caught a dragonfly. I removed it expecting…
adminJuly 17, 2018
Whixall Moss has historically produced a few suspected sightings of Keeled Skimmer, the photographic proof being provided by Lee Wilkinson back in 2013. All has been quiet-ish since then...again with a number of possible unconfirmed…
adminJuly 16, 2018
Stephen Barlow has sent in a couple of photos illustrating the last days of the White-faced Darter flight season. Whilst other species such as Emerald Damselflies and Black Darters are on the rise, the remaining…
adminJuly 16, 2018
One hot day after another- quite incredible! Jan Shields has been observing numerous Ruddy Darters basking in the sun's rays at Venus Pool and sent in this fabulous shot of a mating pair. The photo…
adminJuly 12, 2018