Ferne Animal Sanctuary celebrates its Discovering Dragonfly Project
Ferne Animal Sanctuary celebrates its Discovering Dragonflies Project with a Grant Celebration Event on Sunday 15 September. The National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded £8,700 to Ferne Animal Sanctuary for an exciting natural heritage project designed to educate and inspire people about dragonflies. This event celebrates the achievements of the Discovering Dragonflies Project since its launch … Continued
Thursley National Nature Reserve Dragonfly Hotspot Launch Success
Thursley National Nature Reserve’s unique wetland habitat was recognised as a ‘Dragonfly Hotspot’ on 22nd August in an official launch ceremony. Dragonfly Hotspots are sites carefully chosen as ideal places for dragonfly and damselfly species to live and thrive. They provide easy access for everyone to visit, and offer opportunities for the local community to … Continued
D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Supports Dorset’s Southern Damselflies Project
D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust has awarded £2000 to the BDS’s Southern Damselflies Project. Over the past two years the BDS has been funding survey work in Purbeck, Dorset, to identify surviving Southern Damselfly populations and identify opportunities for habitat creation and enhancement. With the support of D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust the BDS can now fund … Continued
Butterfly Brothers Branch Out to Help Us Promote Dragonfly Conservation!
We are SO delighted to be able to share some exciting news with you all – we have not one but two new ambassadors! Joel and Jim Ashton, you may know them as ‘The Butterfly Brothers’, have officially signed up as our charity ambassadors. They are experienced wildlife garden designers and have dedicated their lives … Continued
Volunteer Participation Survey
The Institute for Science and Mathematics at Kiel University, in Germany, would like to invite dragonfly recording volunteers to take part in a 20 minute online survey. Your answers will help researchers to better understand what participants get out of their involvement in citizen science projects. This will help researchers to develop projects in such … Continued
Dragonfly Champion Ruary on the trail of a ‘Flying Fossil’: the New Zealand Bush Giant!
Our very own Dragonfly Champion Ruary Mackenzie Dodds and his wife Kari de Koenigswarter have been searching through the wilds of New Zealand to study the mysterious Bush Giant Dragonfly! The pair had to install large security cameras into wild landscapes in order to film the burrow dwelling larvae of the Bush Giant. They also … Continued
Dragonfly Challenge Coming Soon!
This July the British Dragonfly Society is running the Dragonfly Challenge #DragonflyChallenge2019 Can you find the 6 Challenge species? Follow the Dragonfly Challenge via facebook, twitter or instagram, or sign up to the newsletter for regular dragonfly facts, tips and activities. Find out more on the project web page
Dragonfly Delight at Rodley Hotspot Launch
We’re not quite sure what has happened but the weather behaved itself for another outdoor event! The sun shone on Rodley Nature Reserve as we all assembled our stalls early morning on Saturday. Banded Demoiselles were zipping around nearby and as the Leeds Birdfair at Rodley opened to the public crowds came in to chat … Continued
Pond Ponderings from Scotland: Big Plot and Big Dreams!
Our second ‘Pond Ponderings’ blogger is Andrew Walker, a very keen wildlife fan based in Scotland. Andrew is lucky enough to have a large plot to work with and will be bringing us updates on how his wildlife pond and garden are faring 5 years on. In his first post below we join him at … Continued
Stover Dragonfly Hotspot Launch Success!
On Saturday June 1st the weather gods were smiling down on us as we assembled our team of volunteers at the beautiful Stover Country Park in Devon. We were at this special place for a very special reason, to officially launch it as Dragonfly Hotspot! Stover was chosen to receive this special designation because it … Continued