Willow Emerald Damselfly
Dark metallic green Damselfly with pale wing spots. Male: very long abdomen with pale anal appendages with black tips. Female: dark ovipositor. Egg laying sites: females oviposit in the bark…
New Dragonfly Species for Britain
A Yellow-spotted Emerald Dragonfly has been seen for the first time ever in Britain. The dazzling insect was recently photographed at the Suffolk Wildlife Trust Carlton Marshes nature reserve, by…
Dragonfly Hotspot: Exbury Gardens update – by Juliet Bloss
…early summer survey on 2 June brought sightings of Azure Damselfly (the commonest damselfly at this site) and the first Emperors of the year. A couple of Downy Emeralds and…
Willow Emerald Watch 2022 Results
The BDS has been tracking the spread of the Willow Emerald Damselfly across England since 2015. You can help by keeping an eye out for adults in late summer-autumn, as…
Stover Country Park
…include a Hairy Dragonfly laying eggs on a floating log, the first Downy Emerald exuviae I have seen, a Tawny Owl being loudly mobbed by a gang of smaller birds…
WT Barkbooth Lot
Damsel and dragonflies are numerous around the tarns – more than 10 species have been recorded. The downy emerald dragonfly breeds here, as do the emperor, common darter and four-spotted…
WT Amberley Wildbrooks Nature Reserve
…plants and insects, some of which are nationally rare. Hundreds of dragonflies and damselflies hawk relentlessly up and down the ditches, including the scarce chaser, downy emerald and hairy dragonfly….
Whitmoor Common, Surrey Heath
At Brook Pond & heath: Downy Emerald & possibly Brilliant Emerald; Silver-studded Blue butterfly. Image credit: Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) – Paul Ritchie…
Willow Emerald Watch Project Report 2021
Thank you to everyone who submitted Willow Emerald Damselfly sightings. Here are the results of your hard work. . . Once again, Willow Emeralds had a good year, with numerous…
Hertfordshire’s Dragonflies Atlas survey (2022 – 2027)
…to the Hertfordshire list was a Southern Emerald Damselfly, Lestes barbarus, that was found in a St Albans garden in July 2021. Further information about the survey and the species…