A Southern Migrant Hawker at Llandegfedd reservoir in 2019, the first county record
Dragonflies
Small Red-eyed Damselfly
A small dark Damselfly with a bronze-black top of the thorax and grey legs. Male: brown-red eyes and a blue and black abdomen. Female: brown eyes and a black abdomen…
NWT Upton Broad and Marshes
The site is well known for its strong population of Norfolk Hawkers, together with Southern, Brown and Migrant Hawkers. The occasional Common Hawker may also be observed. It is an…
Yellow-winged Darter
Small colourful Darter. Male: orange-red with a red face. Female: yellow-brown with black lines down the sides of the abdomen. Click on an image to enlarge it….
Four-spotted Chaser
This rather uniformly brown dragonfly is quite active in late spring and summer. Males and females: Both look a like. Two obvious dark spots on each wing. Watch our identification…
WT Amwell
Nineteen species of dragon and damselfly have been recorded here, making the reserve Hertfordshire’s best site for dragonflies. These include hairy dragonfly, red-eyed damselfly, southern and brown hawker, ruddy and…
WT Potteric Carr Nature Reserve
…meadows, all of which create a rich diversity of wildlife. A total of 21 species of dragon and damselfly have been recorded, including azure damselfly, brown hawker and common darter….
RSPB Ynys-hir
This is an RSPB reserve just outside Machynlleth. An impressive 24 species of dragonfly have been recorded on the site, with the recent addition of Brown Hawker. Species of note…
WT Black Lake
…range of dragon and damselflies, which can be enjoyed at close quarters from the shores of this remnant ‘schwingmoor’ bog pool. Highlights include brown hawker, four-spotted chaser and ruddy darter….