We’ve won the John Sawyer NBN Open Data Award 2021!
The BDS has won the National Biodiversity Network Trust’s John Sawyer NBN Open Data Award 2021. The award is given to organisations that make a significant contribution to open biodiversity…
Study shows neonicotinoid water pollution drives decline in dragonfly emergence
While the impacts of neonicotinoids on pollinators have been widely publicised and condemned, evidence is growing that these agricultural chemicals are having similar consequences for aquatic invertebrates. In a recent…
UK Wildlife Podcast ~ State of Dragonflies
In the latest episode of the UK Wildlife Podcast, host Neil Phillips chats to BDS Officer Eleanor Colver about the results of State of Dragonflies 2021, and what they mean…
High levels of medical drugs, harmful to invertebrates, present in British rivers
A study by Buglife, published on 26 September 2021, found widespread contamination from pharmaceutical products in UK waterways. Medical drugs enter river systems through various routes including output from water…
State of Dragonflies 2021 report press release
More dragonflies are gaining than losing from climate change, but is this good news? The full report can be accessed here. The State of Dragonflies in Britain and Ireland…
NEW Garden Dragonflies Summer Video Guides
We’ve teamed up with super talented video editor and self-confessed ‘dragonfly obsessed’ Laura from the Wildlife Garden Project to make another set of video guides. Earlier in the year, we…
Exbury Gardens Recognised With Dragonfly Hotspot Status
Call for more garden wildlife ponds as Exbury Gardens recognised with ‘Dragonfly Hotspot’ status Exbury Gardens in the New Forest has joined an important national network of wildlife hotspots for…
New website for BDS Sussex Group goes live
Visiting Sussex for your staycation this year? Living in or near Sussex? The local BDS group’s new website has launched, with much improved images and info. Congratulations to Simon and…
Southern Damselfly habitat restoration in Pebblebed Heathlands
The East Devon Pebblebed Heaths support some of the last populations of Southern Damselfly in England. Volunteer Lesley Kerry has been monitoring these damselflies, and their habitat, in this lowland…
Dragonflies of Durham
Find out how Dragonflies are fairing across Wildlife Trust sites in Durham; Michael Coates, Durham County Dragonfly Recorder, reports on the recording effort and and results on WT nature reserves. Overall…