Willow Emerald Watch 2022 Results
The BDS has been tracking the spread of the Willow Emerald Damselfly across England since 2015. You can help by keeping an eye out for adults in late summer-autumn, as…
UKCEH Trend Plots – NORTHERN IRELAND
Click on a graph to enlarge the image. Aeshna affinis Aeshna caerulea Aeshna cyanea Aeshna grandis Aeshna juncea Aeshna mixta Anaciaeschna isoceles Anax imperator Anax parthenope Brachytron…
State of Dragonflies 2021 report press release
…Northern Ireland and its coastal waters, working in partnership with Northern Ireland Environment Agency, National Museums NI and the recording community. CEDaR helps to gather and record information about local…
Forestry and Land Scotland and BDS pond building partnership
…Hawker and Northern Emerald – three species which are only found in Scotland in the UK. Read the full press release here. Image: Northern Emerald by Dave Ashton…
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…
Habitats
BDS Northern Dragonfly Pond Project at CIEEM AWARDS
The BDS Northern Dragonfly Pond Project was recently nominated for the CIEEM Small Project Award, which celebrates the achievements of small projects in the ecology and environmental management sector. While…
Scotland Conference 2025
…Lorna Slater MSP Nature Champion for the Northern Damselfly: ‘On holiday with the Damselflies’. Stephen Corcoran Corrour peatland restoration and Northern Damselfly project Pat Batty Corrour survey results Scott Shanks…
New 5 Year Partnership with Forestry and Land Scotland
…and White-faced Darter. “It will help FLS to include dragonfly conservation in management plans and consequently carry out practical management.” Azure Hawker, Northern Emerald and White-faced Darter are all target…
BDS Photo Library
Title image: Common Darter by Graham Taplin…