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2007 Click all thumb-nailed pictures to enlarge them to 800x600 resolution (typically 100-175 kb)
6 June 2007 Stuart Thomas reports 15+ Blue-tailed damselfly, 50+ Common blue, 13 large red, 10+ Beautiful demoiselle, 20+ Banded demoiselle plus 1 Broad-bodied chaser (female) on the Montgomeryshire Canal between Carreghofa and Four Crosses.
Tammy
Stretton (MWT) reports one male Common Blue damselfly at Lower
Plain, Mellington, Churchstoke Tammy
Stretton (MWT) reports two male and one female Broad-bodied chaser on a
small pool at Todleth Hill, Churchstoke SO292937. The
males were fighting while the female laid eggs. 3 June 2007 6 male Emperor Dragonflies on the Montgomeryshire Canal between Sunnymeade and Rhysnant Bridge, Four Crosses.
2 June 2007 4 female and 4 male Banded Demoiselle on Montgomeryshire Canal at Four Crosses near Rhysnant Bridge.
1 June 2007 4 female Banded Demoiselle on Montgomeryshire Canal at Four Crosses near Rhysnant Bridge.
27 May 2007 Jo Tonkinson (MWT) reports many Four Spotted Chaser present at Llyn Ebyr, near Trefeglwys SN977882.
25 May 2007 Tammy Stretton (MWT) reports 4 Blue tailed damselfly, 14 Red eyed Damselfly (+ 6 in pairs), 2 Large Red damselfly, 10 Azure damselfly (2 in pairs) on the Montgomeryshire Canal in Welshpool opposite the Oldford Estate centred on SJ225070.
Male Azure Damselfly (Photo by Tammy Stretton)
18 May 2007 A single female Broad Bodied Chaser seen on the Montgomeryshire Canal at Four Crosses near Rhysnant Bridge.
Left: Female Broad Bodied Chaser Right: Immature male Blue-tailed damselfly (click to enlarge)
10 May 2007 Wern Claypits Nature Reserve, near Arddleen. Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly and Beautiful Demoiselle were all seen today. Note that there is some tree clearance and culvert clearance/strengthening work going on here at the moment and access may be restricted at times.
7 May 2007 Peter Stokes of Rhosddu Farm, Llansantffraid reports two more Emperor dragonflies emerging on his pond with four empty larval cases also present. In addition a Broad-bodied Chaser was emerging today (see photos below).
Broad-bodied Chaser emerging from larval case (Peter Stokes)
Emperor Dragonfly emerging from larval case (Peter Stokes)
30 April 2007 All of the main species of damselfly normally seen on the Montgomeryshire Canal are now visible. At Four Crosses tonight there was one solitary male Blue-Tailed, one female Red-Eyed, male and female Azure and male and female Large Red. The Azure and Large Red are seen in fairly large numbers in isolated groups or as individuals. It is very unusual to see all these species present in April and this is no doubt due to the record breaking temperatures we have seen this month. Photos taken tonight can be seen below, click all images to enlarge.
Female large Red Damselfly Male Azure Damselfly
Female Red-Eyed Damselfly 29 April 2007 Tammy Stretton (MWT) reports young Large Red Damselflies at Pontrobert (SJ 105127) 28 April 2007 Good numbers of Large Red and Azure damselflies visible on the Montgomeryshire Canal today at Four Crosses. The Azure are all very young and probably hatched in the last 24 hours whereas the Large Reds are now looking increasingly mature with full colouring
21 April 2007 Resident Species information updated with new photos from Richard Becker (Keeled Skimmer, Common Hawker, Golden-Ringed Dragonfly) and Peter Stokes (Emperor Dragonfly).
18 April 2007 Peter Stokes of Rhosddu Farm, Llansantffraid reports seeing up to 16 Large Red damselfies emerging at the pond on his farm since the 16th April.
15 April 2007 Teneral male Large Red Damselfly seen on the Montgomeryshire Canal towpath near Four Crosses today. This is the earliest emergence record in the county so far the previous earliest sighting being 24th April in 2005.
Large Red Damselfly - Immature Male
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