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Eelmoor SSSI, Farnborough, Hampshire for Black Darter

Date:
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Time:
10:30 am - 3:00 pm
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07768 452365

We are determined to see more dragonflies this year and will especially be looking for Black Darter, after our visit in disappointing weather in 2024.
The site is managed for local nature and worldwide conservation by Marwell Wildlife.
We will be guided by Tony Mundell, formerly of RAE and the original proposer of Site of Special Scientific Interest status for Eelmoor Marsh.

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Requirements
To book a place contact Tony Mundell, Hants & Surrey Borders Group, using before Sunday 27 July, providing your full name and nationality (e.g. British). Requirements: Access will require identification, so remember to bring your passport or a photo id driving licence. Also bring refreshments and a packed lunch and wear robust clothes and stout boots, or preferably wellington boots. The area can be very boggy, so the leader always takes welly boots to change into on arrival at the Marsh.
Additional Info
This area has excellent bog habitat with an exceptionally rich flora and fauna, including many dragons and damsels. One aim is to see if the Black Darter is still hanging on there, whilst many former southern colonies have apparently moved north due to climate change.
Meet
10.30 am until 3.30 pm, meeting initially at Cody Gate car park, grid reference SU 8443 5423; What Three Words: waters.supply.edit Access is via QinetiQ, a secure research establishment, and is by pre-booking only. Numbers will be limited (first come, first served). Once booked in with passes, we will drive on in convoy to the site, so late-comers will not be admitted.
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