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Explore our schedule of upcoming dragonfly-related events, courses, and field trips.

 

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Green: BDS and BDS Local Group field meetings and events.
Blue : Events where the BDS has a presence but is not organising.
Brown: Dragonfly-related events where the BDS is not present.

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  • Sidney Wood, Alfold, Surrey for Hairy Dragonfly & Wood White Butterfly

    Sidney Wood, Surrey Sidney Wood at TQ02673526, ///vocals.upstarts.overcomes, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    A joint meeting of BDS Hants, Surrey, Berkshire Group with Butterfly Conservation, Surrey branch. In 2025 we saw mating Scarce Chaser there for the first time. Also: Hairy Dragonfly, Downy…

  • Newdigate Brickworks, Surrey

    Newdigate Brickworks 20 Mulberry Place, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    Former clay pits associated with an abandoned brickworks, now managed for wildlife by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. Join the wardens to explore a mosaic of habitats including woodland, grassland, lakes,…

  • Cookham, Berks for Clubtail

    Odney Club, Cookham Odney Club, Odney Lane, Cookham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    Aims: A survey of the grounds of this JLP country club on the banks of the Thames. We will look especially for emerging Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) and White-legged Damselfly.…

  • Cothill & Dry Sandford, Oxon for Southern Damselfly

    Dry Sandford Pit 2.5 miles north-west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    We aim to find the rare Southern Damselfly at this reliable site for the species. We will check out the runnels at Dry Sandford and then walk down the road…

  • Peatlands Under Pressure

    Swansea University’s Bay Campus Swansea University, Fabian Way, Swansea
    Meeting Other

    IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference 2026

  • Beddington Farmlands, Croydon

    Beddington Farmlands, Croydon Mile Road, Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    An opportunity to join the ranger and see beyond the permissive path at the edge of this extensive urban wildlife reserve. Still under development and restoration, the site supports a good…

  • Nutfield Marsh & Spynes Mere, E. Surrey

    Mercers Country Park, Nutfield Marsh Mercers Country Park, Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    A return visit following last years' trip during dull weather, to further explore the various habitats at this wetland complex. Previous records for July include a good range of species,…

  • Swanwick Lakes NR, Hampshire

    HSBG 2026
    Swanwick Lakes NR Swanwick Lakes Nature Reserve, Swanwick, Hampshire, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    Join us for our first visit to Swanwick Lakes, between Southampton and Fareham, a site run by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, in the company of local…

    £5

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    Dragonfly Week 2026

    Various , United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    National celebration of dragonflies!

    Free

  • Thursley NNR, Surrey

    Thursley Nature Reserve Moat Car Park, Elstead, Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    Thursley is a BDS Hotspot for its variety & numbers of dragonflies and a set of habitats rare so close to London. On a similar day in 2021 the number…

  • Swinley & Gormoor, nr Bracknell, Berks

    The Look Out, Bracknell Nine Mile Ride, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    We will look especially for Black Darter, a species in decline across Southern England. Other mid-season species should be in evidence across these under-recorded sites. Leader: Alan Holmes

  • Warren Heath, N.Hampshire for Brilliant Emerald

    Meeting run by BDS

    Heathland species including Brilliant Emerald and Black Darter. Walk along forest tracks and some limited pushing through bracken (sorry). Please wear hiking boots and bring packed lunch.

  • Wildwood, Cranleigh, Surrey for Odonata and Hairstreak Butterflies

    Wildwood Golf Course Wildwood Lane (near Pound Lea Farm), Alfold, Nr Cranleigh, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    A joint meeting of BDS Hants, Surrey, Berkshire Group with Butterfly Conservation, Surrey branch, led by Francis Kelly, an expert in both. Wildwood is an abandoned golf course with numerous…

  • Foley Manor, nr Liphook, Hants

    Foley Manor, Hants Foley Farm, Foley Estate, Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom
    Meeting run by BDS

    This country estate within the South Downs National Park, close to the Longmoor army ranges, plans to rewild. We will be doing an initial dragonfly survey, complementing the flora survey…

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Title image: Migrant Hawker by Gareth William Tonks