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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…

Tim Preston has been out and about on Shawbury Heath to find the first Broad-bodied Chasers basking in the heat. He captured this beautiful photo of a female illustrating very clearly why they are so…

Andy Beech has been enjoying the highs and lows of emerging Club-tails right in the middle of Shrewsbury on the River Severn in the Quarry. He took this great sequence of emergence shots which I…