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Large Red Damselfly records are starting to pick up across the county with Warwick Davies spotting a few adults at his pond near Oswestry and Peta Sams recording an adult basking in the sun in…

Well a fabulous stretch of spring sunshine has finally got the dragonflies underway with the first reported sighting in Shropshire of a Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula. This teneral female was seen by Joena Scott…

The great weather is here so I thought I better emerge before our first Large Red Damselflies put in an appearance! Last year we had many early sightings with the first Large Red Damselfly recorded on…

Thanks to Paul Spear who's still keeping an eye on things we have a really late Shropshire sighting of Common Darter - 4 to be precise! All seen yesterday (3rd Nov) at Venus Pools. 2…

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Good to hear from Warwick Davies who has been keeping an eye on the latecomers. Common Blue Damselfly seen (below) along with Southern Hawker at a newly built scrape near Edgerley on 7th September.Warwick's own…

Despite a few autumnal mornings creeping in a good few species are still being recorded. Paul Hopwood reports seeing a number of Common Darters and hawkers at Venus Pool today and at Mousecroft Pool in…

After an amazing week of sunshine it's great to return to a good number of Shropshire records still coming in. I saw a grand total of 1 hawker dragonfly last week flying between tiny remote islands…

After a week away surrounded by seagulls not dragonflies it's great to hear from Rob Stokes that a good number of dragonflies are still on the wing. Rob took these fabulous photos of Migrant Hawkers…

This Tuesday I was out 'Discovering Dragonflies' for the National Trust with 14 enthusiasts all dodging showers at Wildmoor Pool. Many of the late summer species were out in force including the stunning yet small Black…