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Last weekend was the Preston Montford FSC Dragonfly course and despite a dubious forecast we managed to dodge all the showers and see 16 species which was great. These included several sightings of Ruddy Darter…

Not quite the Christmas carol, but the real thing! 5 of these fabulous large dragonflies seen by J. Shields on 8th July at Carding Mill Valley and an earlier one seen by R. Webster on…

S. Barlow has been keeping an eye on things at Whixall Moss and reports that numbers are generally down following this recent lack of summer weather. That said, he did spot a partial Common Hawker…

P. Sams reports finding 8 Southern Hawker exuviae on her pond just south of Shrewsbury on 22nd June. Great to have this gregarious species on the wing and definitely a favourite on garden ponds as W.Davies…

Jan Shields came face to face with the first Black Darters of the season on Friday 24th June at Whixall Moss- seeing 6 in total.Jan's photo (left) and Stephen Barlow's photo (taken on 26th June…

Excellent news -Paul Hope has spotted a male Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope whilst cycling close to Fenemere north of Shrewsbury (SJ442226). In his own words he was so shocked he nearly fell of his bike,…

S. Barlow has been enjoying the first Emerald Damselflies of the year at Whixall Moss along with numerous White-faced Darters, Four-spotted Chasers and Azure, Common Blue, Blue-tailed and Large Red Damselflies. The male Emerald is…

Despite the dramatic change in weather S. Barlow has still managed to seek out some White-legged Damselflies sheltering in the vegetation up near Whitchurch. This lovely photo shows the broad flattened legs of the male…

Two more lovely photos taken by J. Almond last week showing the Downy Emerald in all it's glory with striking eyes and a really noticeable club shaped abdomen.J. Almond also photographed this female Blue-tailed damselfly…

Just a few of the great photos taken by Jim Almond last week showing firstly a textbook Variable Damselfly with great exclamation marks on the thorax, a black spur on the side of the thorax…