Book Review – Dragonfly Behavior – Discovering the Dynamic Life of an Ancient Order of Insects by Georg Ruppell and Dagmar Hilfert-Ruppell – Springer 2024
For those members of the British Dragonfly Society who were lucky enough to see and hear Georg and Dagmar speak at past members days will remember the incredible high speed…
Petition against use of pollinator-killing pesticide successful
Emergency authorisation to use Cruiser SB, a pesticide containing the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam, to treat sugar beet seeds in England, will not be granted in 2025. The use of the product…
Great Wheal Seton, Cornwall – Wildlife Habitat on the Edge
By Steve Jones Cornwall County Dragonfly Recorder The Red River Valley Local Nature Reserve near Camborne in Cornwall is a 3-mile-long wildlife corridor that has developed along the abandoned tin…
Swanscombe Peninsula SSSI saved as theme park project scrapped
The High Court has ordered the company behind the project, the London Resort Company Holdings Ltd (LRCH) to wind up after a judge deemed it had breached a payment agreement…
Norwich Western Link project application withdrawn
The Norwich Western Link project, proposed by Norfolk County Council, would connect the Northern Distributor Road (NDR) to the A47 with the aim of reducing traffic congestion. The BDS supported…
UK Supermarket Pesticide Rating
UK supermarkets are not doing enough to protect human health, wildlife or the environment from pesticides. Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) continue to be used within the global supply chains of…
Protect Insects from Pesticides- sign the petition
Ask British Sugar to help more farmers go neonic-free. Due to their environmental impact, neonicotinoids pesticides were banned for outdoor use in the UK in 2018. Yet the UK Government approved…
Introducing Dragonfly Conservation Europe
The British Dragonfly Society has joined a new collaboration called the Dragonfly Conservation Europe, which was founded earlier this year. Its goal is to promote odonatology and the conservation of…
Volunteer needed! Monmouthshire Dragonfly Atlas Assistant
Image: Common Clubtail by Dave Smallshire The Monmouthshire 2030 dragonfly atlas project was set up in 2020 by Monmouthshire County Dragonfly Recorder Steve Preddy. The aim is to produce Monmouthshire’s…
Volunteers needed- Wildfell Dragonfly Monitoring Project
Ground Control are looking for volunteers to assist in establishing a dragonfly monitoring project on their site Wildfell in Braintree, Essex. In 2021, the Evergreen Fund made a £2 million investment…