Latest Leics & Rutland Dragonfly Sightings

From the British Dragonlfy Society website:

The first confirmed record of Migrant Hawker for Northern Ireland came from Lough Money, Co Down, on Sept 15th.

The third UK record (and second this year) of Southern Migrant Hawker (Mediterranean Hawker) came from Little Wootton Inclosure in the New Forest on August 5th.

Red-veined Darters are everywhere! And in amazing numbers at some sites - for example, 200+ at Filey Dams in E Yorks!

Yellow-winged Darters are also evident, with recent sightings in Oxfordshire, Essex, Lancashire and Staffordshire. Clearly both these rare darter species have been emerging locally rather than (or as well as) migrating from the continent.

Small Red-eyed Damselflies continue their march northwards - as well as the record from Notts (at the Grantham Canal, as reported here in August - that's one site to add to the Leics SRED list next season) they are now being seen as far north as Yorkshire.