Help Dragonflies Thrive
Britain’s Dragonflies Need You: Help Us Reach £50,000 Help us protect dragonflies and the wetlands they depend on for generations to come. Today we’re launching our Help Dragonflies Thrive fundraising…
New Dragonfly Pond Bursts into Life at Castle Fraser
Just four months after excavation was completed, a brand-new dragonfly pond at Castle Fraser, Garden & Estate in Aberdeenshire is already proving to be a remarkable success for wildlife. The…
Build a Pond!
Written by Dave Craven Build a pond. People don’t always read everything you write so it’s worth starting with that one key point. I’d always intended to build a pond…
Pond Ponderings: A Pond Full of Life
By Pam Weeks Our pond was created by my husband in 2016. Built using a pond liner, with stones placed around the edge and within the pond itself, it blends…
Vote for Emperor!
Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) is among 18 creatures shortlisted to feature on the new banknotes! This is an excellent opportunity to get Dragonflies some limelight and much-deserved love. Emperors…
Pond Ponderings – A Young Gardener’s Pond for Nature
By Flint – Flintstone Gardens At @flintstone gardens, creating a space where wildlife can thrive is something that genuinely matters to me. The pond is just one part of a…
Sign the Growers Against Glyphosate petition!
Make your voice heard on the issue of pesticides! Help us get the dangerous herbicide glyphosate out of our gardens, parks, playgrounds and public spaces. Research shows: ☠️Glyphosate is probably carcinogenic:…
New Dragonfly Pond At Castle Fraser
The BDS collaborated with the National Trust for Scotland to design a new dragonfly pond at Castle Fraser, the grounds of which support the endangered Northern Damselfly (Coenagrion hastulatum). Vivian…
Let Nature take its course – it may work out better than we suppose
Should we intervene to rescue that damselfly with the crumpled wings? I suggest not. As they emerge, their wings may naturally straighten while being pumped up – to five times…
Surveyors Needed at Dragonfly Hotspot RSPB Campfield Marsh, Cumbria
RSPB Campfield Marsh became a Dragonfly Hotspot in 2025, and it’s a brilliant time to visit and be apart of this reintroduction project! To find out more: