Dragonflies Take Over The Self-Isolating Bird Club!
Dragonflies staged a mini take over on the popular online lockdown wildlife programme the ‘Self-Isolating Bird Club’, presented by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin. The programme featured a short film by our Outreach Volunteer Steve White, which you can watch on our YouTube channel here. Lucy Lapwing, also volunteers for us, then did a quick … Continued
More Recorders Needed in South East Wales.
More Recorders in Monmouthshire / Gwent Needed. Do you have an interest in dragonflies? Are you getting into or already recording them? And are you based in Monmouthshire/ Gwent? If so, we need your help to record dragonflies in this beautiful part of Wales please. If you are interested in helping, all done … Continued
iNews features #PondWatch
Coronavirus lockdown: Ponds spring up across Britain as nation seeks escape from Covid-19. Tom Bawden interviews our Conservation Outreach Officer Fiona McKenna on the wonders of ponds and how they are helping everyone to get through lockdown. This was after the successful launch of our first ever #PondWatch campaign online. The aim was … Continued
Dragonflies on BBC 4
Dragonflies have inspired awe as well as fear as Brett Westwood discovers as he traces our relationship with Horse Stingers and Devil’s Darning Needles. Listen now on BBC SOUNDS Image by Bruce Hyde
Pond Ponderings – East London Wildlife Pond
We are delighted to introduce a new Pond Ponderings writer, Lucy Colclough (also known as quest.for.nectar). Lucy is based in East London and is a writer who loves sharing her passion for nature. Lucy is also helping us to bring ponds to the nation online this weekend, 20th and 21st June, through our #PondWatch campaign … Continued
A fond farewell to long standing County Dragonfly Recorders John and Gill Brook, and Ingrid Twissell
The British Dragonfly Society is blessed to have the support of a UK-wide community of dedicated volunteers, many of whom have been part of the charity for decades and without whom the Society simply couldn’t function. We are grateful to them all. It is timely to mark the retirement of John and Gill Brook as … Continued
Book Must Have: Europe’s Dragonflies
New book available in our shop now: Europe’s Dragonflies is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and beautifully designed photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Europe. Written by two well-travelled experts, the book covers all 140 resident and vagrant species recorded, focussing on the field identification of adult insects. Concise species profiles highlight key … Continued
Dragonfly Reports to the End of May
Written by Brian Walker, BDS Chairperson. Reports of Dragonflies have continued to flood into our recent sightings page, helped no doubt by the sunniest May on record. By the end of week 22 (1st June) Broad-bodied Chaser had just overtaken Large Red Damselfly as the most frequently reported species. Many reports are of the … Continued
BDS featured on talk: Wildlife
Subscribe to the talk:Widlife YouTube channel to listen to fascinating discussions about wildlife conservation across the world. You will also be able to watch interviews with BDS staff giving updates on the latest dragonfly projects you can get involved with. Watch the latest interviews here You can also for talk: Wildlife on Facebook @talkwildlife … Continued