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The sun keeps shining and the photos keep coming! Stuart Bolt has been back to Sainsburys in Telford..not for shopping I hasten to add, but for Emperor Dragonflies (left). Elsewhere Ron Parnell has been enjoying…

Paul Spear has been enjoying beautiful Beautiful (below left) and Banded (left) Demoiselles at Venus Pool. A female demoiselle is also seen (below right) though I'm not stating Banded or Beautiful as they are far…

Tim Preston recently saw a good number of species at Big Pool, Dudmaston; Four-spotted and Broad-bodied Chasers, Banded Demoiselles, Azure Damselflies and Red-eyed and Blue-tailed Damselflies having a close encounter in this stunning shot. Tim…

Jan Shields has sent in an interesting photo of a Common Blue Damselfly taken at Mousecroft pool near Shrewsbury. The damselfly is clearly covered in a good number of mites seen around the thorax. These…

Jan Shields has been enjoying White-faced Darters both at Whixall Moss and Chartley Moss and has sent in these lovely emergence shots and a fabulous adult male. Jan also saw Four-spotted Chasers (bottom left) and…

Finally a few pictures from my own pond in Shrewsbury showing Common Darter emerging. I spent far too long this morning trying to rescue a failed emergence before suddenly spotting another 4 more successful attempts…

A very exciting bank holiday as my relatively new pond here in Shrewsbury yielded it's first exuvia on Monday- an early Common Darter. And just to underline the success, a second emerged this morning and…

David Williams had a very successful trip to Dudmaston this weekend seeing the first Black-tailed Skimmers and Red-eyed Damselflies of 2018. Pictured here this Black-tailed Skimmer may be a teneral male or female, closer inspection…

Tim Preston has sent in a great photo of the male Broad-bodied Chaser (left) also seen at Shawbury Heath this week and it gives me a chance to post this alongside the female (right). When seen…

Stephen Barlow reports White-legged Damselflies on Llangollen Canal at Whixall Moss and Whixall Marl Allotment -seeing in excess of 50. This species is being surveyed by the BDS this year so all sightings are particularly  important…