Pond Ponderings: Chapter One of My Pond Story by Carolyn Cooksey
…day nine, a female Southern Hawker laying eggs all round the pond (pictured below), including on the paving slabs and in the cracks between them. She was joined two days…
State of Dragonflies 2021 report press release
…also spread northwards in England and Wales, reaching Scotland in 2003. Migrant Hawker and Black-tailed Skimmer have shown similar increases and range expansions to a slightly lesser extent. In total,…
Pond Ponderings: From a Redesigned Mature Pond in Suburban Suffolk!
…Mating Azure Damselflies Southern Hawker Southern Hawker Larva Although I have had ponds most of my life, I have not really seen many dragonflies emerge from them. In re-building…
Creating Pools for Odonata: Azure Hawker on Corrour Estate
…Highlands as part of the IUCN Peatlands Conference. They will be looking at the new Azure Hawker pools that were put in last year and have been a great success….
Southern Migrant Hawkers at Goldcliff and Uskmouth in 2023, the third and fourth county records
Attenborough
…hive of insect activity. Many dragonflies and damselflies hunt and patrol the water’s edge, including Banded Demoiselle, Emerald and Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly and Brown, Migrant and Southern Hawkers….
Lesser Emperor
Smaller and duller than the more common Emperor Dragonfly. Dull abdomen with a black line running up the centre and blue colouration near the top. Male: waisted abdomen; black line…
Dorset Dragonfly Gallery
Photo Competition
Dragonfly Monitoring at Wildfell, Essex
Image: Southern Hawker by Ryszard…