Volunteer recorders needed- Bourne Valley SSSI
Bournemouth Water is looking to set up a dragonfly monitoring project at Bourne Valley SSSI in Bournemouth. The aim is to better understand the state of the valley’s dragonfly populations…
The Damselfiles and Dragonflies of Sussex – new book
A new book on the Damselflies and Dragonflies of Sussex is now available. It includes over 170 colour photos of all the Sussex species, shows their current distributions and describes…
NHM Gardens now open!
The London Natural History Museum gardens are now open! As you move through our gardens, follow in the footsteps of evolution. Along the way feel ancient fossils, spot a grazing Hypsilophodon and…
BDS Northern Dragonfly Pond Project at CIEEM AWARDS
The BDS Northern Dragonfly Pond Project was recently nominated for the CIEEM Small Project Award, which celebrates the achievements of small projects in the ecology and environmental management sector. While…
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselflies breeding in Cheshire?
An immature female Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura pumilio) was recorded last month by David Bowman at Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve east of Warrington. Immature females of this species are easily…
Norfolk Hawkers in Shropshire
Shropshire County Dragonfly Recorder, Sue Rees Evans, has made the first sightings of Norfolk Hawker (Aeshna isoceles) in Shropshire. She recorded three in total at a private site on the…
Adopt a Site map now available
Due to a recent system overhaul by the BTO, the BDS Adopt a Site map has been down for a number of month. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If…
Pond Ponderings – Pond Beginnings
By Sherri Eckworth A dream come true… This was very much my husband’s dream – Grahame had wanted a wildlife pond for so long and we were about to fill…
Pond Ponderings – Mass Emergence
With close to 100 dragonflies emerging from the pond this year, Les Carter in Suffolk tells us how the pond came to be! [Emerging dragonfly] We moved to our new…
Call on your MP to support a ban on urban pesticides
The dangers that pesticides pose to both human health and the environment are well known. The commonly used pesticide glyphosate is not only harmful to dragonflies and other insects, but…