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Great success reported by Jan Shields who observed 6 damselfly exuviae emerge from her mighty pond seen here- just 18 inches in diameter!!

Between the more predictable clouds of rain at the weekend Jan Shields was fortunate to see 'clouds of Banded Demoiselles' on the River Severn in Shrewsbury. A male (left) and female are shown here with the…

Andy Beech has sent in this lovely shot of Azure Damselflies in cop near Shrewsbury. The photo clearly shows the coenagrion spur on the side of the thorax in the male and female and also the…

Pardon the pun, but Jan Shields has sent in this lovely close up of a female Common Clubtail and it's the ideal opportunity to mention that this is the only species of dragonfly (as opposed…

Having got sidetracked by Banded Demoiselles I forgot to post this fabulous picture taken by Andy Beech of a Clubtail emerging in Shrewsbury yesterday. I also saw an individual emerging and came face to face…

More sunshine and a quick cycle out around Shrewsbury resulted in seeing Red-eyed Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly -both firsts for me this season. What's more I even managed to photograph the teneral Blue-tailed Damselfly seen…

The great thing about us all going looking for Clubtails is finding other species too. David Goodwin firstly spotted a Banded Demoiselle on 11th May near Melverley (whilst looking for Clubtails) followed by myself and…

Having heard it was worth checking for Common Clubtail I popped down to the River Severn in Shrewsbury this evening and was rewarded with 13 exuviae which was a great start. These were all found…

Stephen Barlow has sent in some stunning photos of Stonechats feeding on Four-spotted Chasers up at Whixall Moss. Stephen reports that in this pair the female seems far more successful in gathering food for the young…

Again Whixall Moss is coming up trumps for first sightings....this time a few female Azure Damselflies seen on 5th May by Stephen Barlow. This lovely shot shows the narrow antehumeral stripes and coenagrion spur (spur…