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Paul Hopwood was also at Venus Pool yesterday and captured some fantastic shots of Ruddy Darter. Thought I'd put them on the blog firstly because they're great shots, but also because they show a more…

1st July and the first Ruddy Darter record received from Rob Stokes. This immature male specimen was seen at Venus Pool just south of Shrewsbury and the lovely photo below clearly shows the waisted abdomen. Zooming…

Jason Kernohan has recorded Scarce Blue-tailed Damselflies in the south of the county at Titterstone Clee Hill. This species has been recorded here before, but as the name suggests it is rare in Shropshire so…

Another sunny day yesterday and Barrie Smith was out spotting White-legged Damselflies on Whixall Moss. In recent years 1 or 2 sightings have come in from this area but records for this species on Whixall are…

For all those frustrated by fruitless searches for Club-tails I thought I'd share David William's sighting of 'a marvellous brace of club-tails' seen at Hampton Loade last Saturday (21st June). Not only were they numerous, but also…

Popped out to a couple of ponds near The Bog, Stiperstones and saw a good number of hawkers emerging. Fantastic to see both a Common Hawker (first I've heard of this season!) and a Southern…

Thanks to Rob Stokes visiting Catherton Common in the south of the county on June 23rd we have our first records this year of Golden-ringed Dragonfly and Keeled Skimmer. The latter is show in Rob's…

Sue Loose was out enjoying the heat of Whixall Moss on Sun 22nd and recorded the first Black Darter of the season- a female photographed beautifully below showing the diagnostic black triangle on top of…

Just a quick update.....struggling to work in the heat I thought time would be better served drifting past a pond or two...and it was...Brown Hawkers, Emperor Dragonfly, a smattering of blue and red damsels and a…

Kain Prestwood has recorded more female Common Darters at Eardington NR on 22nd June amongst numerous Common Blue Damselflies and a number of Four-spotted Chasers.This photo shows a fully intact specimen at the start of…