Paul Spear has already seen a good few species this year at Coalbrookdale. The first Common Blue Damselfly (left) was recorded here on May 13th along with Large Red Damselfly (below left). A subsequent visit…
adminMay 23, 2018
Just returned from the wind and rain of the Outer Hebrides to find incredible Shropshire temperatures. Unsurprisingly a good few sightings have taken place whilst away and the current species list for 2018 is now…
adminMay 21, 2018
Great news from Stephen Barlow on Whixall Moss where on Saturday he spotted the first Shropshire based Large Red Damselfly of 2018 (to my knowledge). Pictured here with milky wings and pale eyes due to fairly recent…
adminApril 23, 2018
Has spring really sprung? There's certainly a huge amount of activity in my garden pond and the larvae are on the move, but no reports yet of the first Shropshire sighting. Thought I'd just post…
adminApril 16, 2018
Out walking in the sunshine today and was convinced there was just a hint of spring in the air! I also received a fabulous photo taken last year by one of our recorders and I…
adminFebruary 7, 2018
A new year and a new County Recorder! I'm really pleased to be handing over the role to Vicky Nall who will now be keeping an eye on our Shropshire Dragonflies and very keen to…
adminFebruary 6, 2018
Records have been coming in from Dudmaston and Whixall Moss right up to the end of October. This makes me hopeful that fireworks won't be the only things whizzing through the skies in November...and we…
adminNovember 1, 2017
A magnificent Migrant Hawker seen by Stephen Barlow enjoying the autumnal sunshine at Whixall Moss. Stephen also photographed female Common Darter (below left) and Black Darter (below right) -both fairly over mature drab individuals making…
adminOctober 17, 2017
Amazingly we're zipping through October and haven't turned the heating on yet...and that can only be good for dragonflies! Stephen Barlow reports that good numbers of Black Darter are still on the wing at Whixall…
adminOctober 11, 2017