More sunshine dragged me away from the computer this afternoon and though sightings were far from numerous I did see my first Blue-tailed Damselflies for this year at Mousecroft Pool in Shrewsbury. Many had recently emerged…
adminMay 16, 2016
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
It seems things have been slow to get going this season, but I'm glad to report J.Shields has seen Azure Damselfly emerging from her pond in Hanwood. This female clearly shows the narrow antehumeral stripes and the…
adminMay 13, 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