Free garden packages for community groups in Wales
The Local Places for Nature project is back and here to help you create a green haven for your local community and wildlife – including dragonflies! Hundreds of free packages are available to community groups and organisations to support thier garden projects, from orchards to large scale makeovers. Find out more and how to apply…
Pond Ponderings – The Bigger the Better
Pond Creation by Susan Payne We moved into our new home 2 years ago, moving from a city centre to the countryside. It is a big plot but the previous owners had simply kept a large rectangle of grass, closely mown with no plants at all. I knew one of the first things I wanted…
Pond Ponderings – A Boat for Wildlife
My Rowing Boat Pond – Sherryl Walters When we moved to the south coast just before Lockdown 1 we knew we wanted a wildlife garden with a water feature. To enable this, when we moved in, we took away a hedge of viburnum to open up the garden to more light. Being near the coast…
Pond Ponderings – Tiny Pond-scape
Tiny PondWatch by Jen @TinyPondWatch Hello! My name is Jen and I run @TinyPondWatch, where I share the creatures great and small that visit my tiny garden ponds on Instagram. How it came to be I am a passionate gardener, and created a wildlife-friendly garden when we bought our new build home in Shropshire five…
Pond Ponderings – Whiskey Barrel Pond
Ponds for small spaces by Jim Horsfall I created a new ‘pond’ soon after I moved into a new house in 2013, not having much space I opted for a whiskey barrel to turn into a pond (the smell of whiskey was still apparent on brining it home). I put a few bricks in the…
Emerging Emperor footage needed
Shout out to photographers and filmmakers! Humble Bee Films has contacted us looking for high-quality footage of an emerging Emperor Dragonfly. If you think you have a clip that would do the job that you wouldn’t mind donating please let us know. Image: Emperor by Dave Smallshire
Forestry and Land Scotland and BDS pond building partnership
The BDS and Forestry and Land Scotland have teamed up in a new project to creat new habitat for Northern Damselfly, Azure Hawker and Northern Emerald – three species which are only found in Scotland in the UK. Read the full press release here. Image: Northern Emerald by Dave Ashton
Radstock Museum Exhibition
Lauren Kennedy, BDS Engagement Officer and Ellie Colver, BDS Conservation Officer have been busy setting up an exhibition curated by the British Dragonfly Society at the Radstock Museum in Somerset which is now open! The exhibition covers dragonflies’ ancient beginnings, their evolution, and fossils; and also the amazing ways that dragonflies have adapted for survival, their life…
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 well as their egg laying scars in the bark on bankside trees; learn how to take part here. Adrian Parr, project manager, summaries the results…
Meet our new Operations Officer Jess Slight
Jess is taking over the membership and administration at the BDS. Here is what she has to say about her journey to the BDS. . . “Nature and the world around us has always offered huge inspiration and joy to me. I spend as much time as I possibly can outdoors, walking and swimming. It…