2023 Damselfly and Dragonfly records

This table comprises the damselfly and dragonfly records for 2023.

The contents of this table may be sorted using the arrows in the header row and filtered by entering text in the boxes at the head of each column.

Species nameScientific nameQuantitySite nameDateRecorder name
HawkerAeshna sp2Pondsbury2023-05-18Steve Wing, Carol Baillie, Richard Campey
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans 1Pondsbury2023-05-25Tim Davis, Tim Jones
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata1Pondsbury2023-05-25Tim Davis, Tim Jones
Vagrant EmperorAnax iphippiger 2Pondsbury2023-05-25Tim Davis, Tim Jones
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Pondsbury2023-05-31Joe Parker
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator2Quarter Wall2023-06-01Paul St Pierre
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Quarter Wall Pond2023-06-09Tim Smith
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum 2Rocket Pole Pond2023-06-10Tim Smith
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Castle2023-06-10Tim Smith
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum 4Quarry Pond2023-06-11Tim Smith
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Quarter Wall Pond2023-06-11Tim Smith
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea 2Quarry Pond2023-06-11Tim Smith
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator2Lundy2023-06-12anon
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum5Pondsbury2023-06-17Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans 10Pondsbury2023-06-17Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum 4Quarter Wall Pond2023-06-17Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum 4Pondsbury2023-06-17Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Quarter Wall Pond2023-06-17Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Pondsbury2023-06-17Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Quarter Wall Pond2023-06-19Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Battery2023-06-24Mike & Helen Jackson
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator2Pondsbury2023-06-24Sally Wadsworth
Wide-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa1Pondsbury2023-06-24Sally Wadsworth
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Upper East Side Path2023-06-26Alan & Sandra Rowland
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans 3Quarry Pond2023-06-28Alan & Sandra Rowland
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans 1Quarry Pond2023-06-28Alan & Sandra Rowland
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans 6Pondsbury2023-07-04Alan & Sandra Rowland
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans 2Pondsbury2023-07-04Alan & Sandra Rowland
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Pondsbury2023-07-04Alan & Sandra Rowland
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Quarries2023-07-12Carol Lee
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum  1Pondsbury2023-07-19Neil Barnes
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans 1Lundy2023-07-20Neil Barnes
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum  1Pondsbury2023-08-10Darrin Dowding
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator3Pondsbury2023-08-10Darrin Dowding
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans 1Pondsbury2023-08-13Rebecca & Richard Taylor
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator2Quarter Wall Pond2023-08-13Rebecca & Richard Taylor
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperator1Pondsbury2023-08-13Rebecca & Richard Taylor
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta 1Threequarter Wall2023-08-19Sam Bosanquet
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum  1Quarter Wall2023-08-23Elinor Kersman
Vagrant EmperorAnax iphippiger 1Pondsbury2023-10-19James Diamond

 

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