Migrant Hawker in Monmouthshire
Migrant Hawker
A small Hawker with paired spots along the abdomen. Male: dark with blue spots and yellow flecks. Female: brown with yellow spots. Tips for identifying spotty dragonfly species –…
Common Hawker
Large Hawker with paired spots down the abdomen. Male: black with blue spots the abdomen and thin yellow ante-humeral stripes on the thorax. Female: brown with yellow, blue or green…
Southern Migrant Hawker in Monmouthshire
Southern Hawker
A large, inquisitive Hawker usually seen individually. Male: dark with blue and green markings. Female: brown with green markings. Tips for identifying spotty dragonfly species – click here …
Brown Moss
With its marshes, pools, heathland and woodland, a great variety of wildlife flourishes at Brown Moss. There are several reasonably level, well defined circular walks, most of which require stout…
Vagrant Emperor
Migratory species appearing at any time of year. Male: Yellow-brown with a blue patch at the top of the abdomen. Female: Yellow-brown with only a hint of blue colouration at…
Dragonfly Hotspot: Exbury Gardens update – by Juliet Bloss
…of Common Darter and Southern Hawker. In August the numbers of Damselflies decreased quite sharply (except for Red-eyed, whose numbers remained steady) and the first Migrant Hawker was spotted. Emperor…
A Southern Migrant Hawker at Goldcliff in 2019, the second county record
WWT Smallbrook Meadows, Warminster
The reserve is made up of disused water meadows, ditches, woodland and a pond. Species include Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Emperor and Common Darter dragonflies, Common Blue and…