WT Barkbooth Lot
Damsel and dragonflies are numerous around the tarns – more than 10 species have been recorded. The downy emerald dragonfly breeds here, as do the emperor, common darter and four-spotted…
Stover Country Park
…include a Hairy Dragonfly laying eggs on a floating log, the first Downy Emerald exuviae I have seen, a Tawny Owl being loudly mobbed by a gang of smaller birds…
The Sculpture Park
…vegetation and surrounding trees. As a result, a substantial list of 13 dragonflies and 10 damselflies breed here, including Hairy Dragonfly, Downy Emerald, Scarce Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly and White-legged Damselfly….
Hertfordshire’s Dragonflies Atlas survey (2022 – 2027)
…to the Hertfordshire list was a Southern Emerald Damselfly, Lestes barbarus, that was found in a St Albans garden in July 2021. Further information about the survey and the species…
Monmouthshire Dragonflies
Habitats
Life Cycle And Biology
Willow Emeralds near Magor in August 2025, the first record for Wales
BDS Photo Library
Title image: Common Darter by Graham Taplin…
Photo Competition