A fabulous weekend of sunshine has finally resulted in a bit more activity! I cycled to a number of sites on Saturday only to be rewarded with a smattering of Large Red and Azure Damselflies and then finally…
adminMay 16, 2016
The BDS are encouraging people to make Complete Lists of species at sites as this allows them to do more robust data analysis on the records you collect. At the simplest level this means noting…
adminMay 5, 2016
And here's one (of 3) spotted by S. Barlow yesterday on Whixall Moss. No confirmed sightings of dragons or damsels from Whixall yet but if you look closely at the pics there's certainly a large…
adminMay 4, 2016
Here in Shropshire we are lucky to have the Common Clubtail breeding on the River Severn. This photo of the male taken by D.Williams last year illustrates clearly why this species is so named. Catergorised as Near…
adminApril 26, 2016
Admittedly not the most impressive pictures, but I thought if I was declaring the start of the flight season I had better prove it! A good number of teneral Large Red Damselflies were seen today…
adminApril 23, 2016
Welcome to the 'new-look' Shropshire Dragonfly Watch blog. April is nearly upon us and this should bring the first sightings of Large Red Damselfly. This is usually towards the end of April, but if the…
adminMarch 28, 2016
Well maybe? S. Barlow was at Brown Moss on Friday 20th November and saw a male Common Darter- and hover flies and wasps and a butterfly- all fairly extraordinary for November! It's my guess that…
adminNovember 23, 2015
Well incredibly with only 5 1/2 weeks till Xmas we have darters on the wing at Whixall! S. Barlow was there yesterday (16th Nov) and not only saw 3 darters, but far from being worn…
adminNovember 17, 2015
Another late record -this time a Common Darter seen by P. Spear near Coalbrookdale yesterday -15th November! It's still relatively mild albeit soggy, but there's definitely the chance of later sightings....
adminNovember 16, 2015