Faringdon Folly Park Pond - 31 July

c. 15 Small-red Eyed Damselfly - mainly on algal mats off southern corner of pond
1 Emerald Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common/Azure Damselfly
1m Banded Demoiselle
Common Darter
Ruddy Darter
4-5 Emperor
1 Brown Hawker

+ Many fishing

Banded Demoiselle (c) Stephen Burch

Trap Grounds - 30 July

2 Brown Hawkers
Ruddy and Common Darters: several (one pair ovipositing into the Dragonfly pond)
1m Banded Demoiselle
Common Blue and Blue-tailed Damselflies: a few

Nicola Devine

Common Darter (c) Nicola Devine

Ruddy Darter (c) Nicola Devine

River Thames at Shillingford - 30th July

Along footpath upstream on south bank from Shillingford Bridge Hotel 16:00 - 17:30 in sunny conditions:

White-legged Damselfly (female)

White-legged Damselfly - 2
Red-eyed Damselfly - 2
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 13
Common Blue Damselfly - 5
Banded Demoiselle - 7

Brown Hawker - 1
Common Darter - 2


Along Thames Path downstream from Shillingford Bridge to Benson 10:30 - 11:45 in sunny conditions:

White-legged Damselfly (male)

White-legged Damselfly - 8
Red-eyed Damselfly - 4
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 1
Common Blue Damselfly - 5
Banded Demoiselle - 7

Emperor Dragonfly - 2
Brown Hawker - 4
Ruddy Darter - 3
Common Darter - 2

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 30 July

By the northern gate into Big Otmoor SP551136

1 mature male Southern Migrant Hawker (highly probable) - small very blue hawker but only seen in flight briefly at 10:30, 12:00 and 13:30 (slightly to the north).

No photos yet again!

Also

Brown Hawker - large numbers everywhere

Ruddy Darter - numerous

5+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly - in pool to E of track just south of the weir. SP552141 

10:00 to 14:30

Stephen Burch

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 Small Red-eyed Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch

Whitecross Green Wood, 29th July

Emperor Dragonfly 3
Brown Hawker 4
Migrant Hawker 8 (7 in a feeding swarm)
Ruddy Darter 4
Common Darter 6

Emperor Dragonfly © David Hastings

Teneral Migrant Hawker © David Hastings

Whitecross Green Wood BBOWT nature reserve - 26 July

1 White-legged Damselfly SP601145

Probable first site record

Alex Hughes

White-legged Damselfly (c) Alex Hughes

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 29 July

Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Small Red-eyed Damselfly - 6+ still in previously reported pool at SP55242 14134
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 3 on same pool

Brown Hawker - 12+
Ruddy Darter - 6+

No sign of adult Southern Migrant Hawker 15:30 - 17:15

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 28 July

1m mature Southern Migrant Hawker

On track  about 100m north of northern gate into Big Otmoor. About SP551137.

Geoff Wyatt

Southern Migrant Hawker (c) Geoff Wyatt

Trap Grounds, Oxford - 26 July

1f Emerald Damselfly
2 Brown Hawkers
1 Southern Hawker
3 Darters (not sure which didn’t get pics)

Nicola Devine

Female Emerald Damselfly (c) Nicola Devine

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 25 July

1 adult Southern Migrant Hawker!

Also photographed.

SP551137. About 100m north of the top gate into Big Otmoor, the gate near the large hedge between Noke sides and Big Otmoor.

This is about 200m south of the location of Stephen Burch's probable sighting on 23rd July

Fergus, the reserve warden, per Steve Roby

Letcombe Valley Nature Reserve

2 Emperor - one possibly taken by a Chaffinch!

Stephen Burch

River Thames between Benson and Shillingford - 23 July

SU605918:

4 Small Red-eyed Damselfly
1 Brown Hawker

Alan Brampton

Small Red-eyed Damselfly (c) Alan Brampton

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 23 July

Between 2nd and 3rd Oak along track, S of double gates (SP5518813924)

1 Probable Southern Migrant Hawker - a small blue hawker, so either this species or Migrant Hawker. Didn't seem blue enough for a fully adult male SMH, but very early for a mature Migrant Hawker? No photos as never settled. Very erratic flight with brief views only.

Pool to E of path, immediately S of the weir:

1m Emerald Damselfly

10+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Brown Hawker

Emperor

Ruddy Darter

Otmoor - 20 July

1f Emerald Damselfly - by gate overlooking Big Otmoor

Jeremy Dexter

Emerald Damselfly (c) Jeremy Dexter

Otmoor - 17 July

1m & 1f Beautiful Demoiselle (E end of Bridleway by Roman Rd)
Ruddy Darter

Nigel Carter

Beautiful Demoiselle (c) Nigel Carter

Ruddy Darter (c) Nigel Carter

River Thames at Dorchester - 21st July

Along the Thames Path upstream (west bank) from Day's Lock to Burcot (SU568951) 09:45 - 10:35 in mostly sunny conditions:

Emperor Dragonfly - 2
Southern Hawker - 1
Common Blue Damselfly - 16+


Along the Thames path downstream (north bank) from Day's Lock to Shillingford (SU590932) 11:05 - 13:05 in mostly sunny conditions; including Overy Mead Piece (SU578932) at Thame / Thames confluence

Emperor Dragonfly - 1
Brown Hawker - 13
Black-tailed Skimmer - 1
Ruddy Darter - 1

Banded Demoiselle (fem)

Blue-tailed Damselfly (adult male)

Banded Demoiselle - 20+
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 3
Common Blue Damselfly - 60+

Abingdon, 20th July

This afternoon a teneral male Migrant Hawker went into my greenhouse and settled for half an hour on a bamboo cane. It came out again and settled on vegetation for another 15 minutes before flying off.

River Thames at Burcot - 20th July

Along the Thames Path (south bank) downstream from Clifton Hampden 10:00 - 12:30 in mostly sunny conditions:

Southern Hawker - 1
Brown Hawker - 2
Black-tailed Skimmer - 5
Ruddy Darter - 9

Black-tailed Skimmer

Ruddy Darter (maturing male)

Common Blue Damselfly (imm fem - drab form)

White-legged Damselfly - 2
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 4
Common Blue Damselfly - 40+
Banded Demoiselle - 9

(approx SU568951)

Holton, near Wheatley - 17 July

c. 20 Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Steve Mathers, per iRecord

Trap Grounds, Oxford 17 July

3 Brown Hawker, 1 oviposting
1m Emperor
1m Ruddy Darter
2 Southern Hawker
+several blue damsels around the various ponds/meadows

Nicola Devine

Southern Hawker (c) Nicola Devine

Blue-tailed Damselfly (c) Nicola Devine

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 17 July

Odonata the same as on 12 July. 

Again no sign of any SMHs.

Stephen Burch, Geoff Wyatt

River Thames at Appleford - 18th July

Along the Thames Path (north bank) from Culham bridge downstream to Appleford railway bridge 10:30 - 12:30 in lightly overcast conditions:

White-legged Damselfly (adult male) 

White-legged Damselfly (adult male)

White-legged Damselfly - 6
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 9
Common Blue Damselfly - 16
Banded Demoiselle - 5
(all in area between overhead power lines and railway line - approx SU523944)

Blue-tailed Damselfly (imm)

Southern Hawker closer to Culham

Parsonage Moor/Cothill Fen, 16th July

Southern Damselfly 19+
Common Blue Damselfly 1
Blue-tailed Damselfly 1
Small Red Damselfly 2
Emperor 1
Keeled Skimmer 15+
Four-spotted Chaser 1
Ruddy Darter 1
Common Darter 4

Female Keeled Skimmer © David Hastings

Male Small Red Damselfly © David Hastings

Little Lake: Buscot Park - 16 July pm

Emperor
Ruddy Darter
Black-tailed Skimmer
Common Blue Damselfly

Also at the pond in the grounds:

2 Emperor
Common Blue Damselfly
Ruddy Darter

Stephen Burch

Farmoor Reservoir - 16th July PM

Black-tailed Skimmer (male)

Black-tailed Skimmer (male)

20 Black-tailed Skimmer (m) around SW edge of F2
20+ Common Blue Damselfly in same area
2 Brown Hawker in Shrike Meadow area

Banbury - Longford Park - 12th July

1m Keeled Skimmer - a long way from the only other known sites in the county for them, around Cothill!

Toby Holmes

Keeled Skimmer (c) Toby Holmes

Banbury - Longford Park - 12th July

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly - c7 males
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 20+
Azure Damselfly
Emerald Damselfly (fem)
Emperor Dragonfly
Brown Hawker
Common Darter - 4

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (male)

Blue-tailed Damselflies

Blue-tailed Damselfly (fem rufuscens)

Emerald Damselfly (fem)

Common Darter (teneral)

Otmoor - between Oddington & Noke - 12 July

11:00 - 13:30

10+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly: In pool just to E of track. SP5524214134.

Azure Damselfly

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Banded Demoiselle

Brown Hawker

Emperor

Ruddy Darter

Again no definite sign of any SMHs. 

Stephen Burch

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Small Red-eyed Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch

Banbury - Longford Park - 11 July

10:15 - 12:15 Overgrown pool near to canal SP469390 

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly: 3+ m, 1f (aurantiaca), 1 teneral

Emerald Damselfly: 2

Blue-tailed Damselfly 20+

Brown Hawker: 1

Stephen Burch and Wayne Bull

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Female (aurantiaca) Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch

Male Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch

Teneral Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch

Banbury - Longford Park - 10 July

3 Scarce Blue-tailed Damselflies

Michael Higgs

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (c) Michael Higgs

Cothill Fen/Parsonage Moor, 10th July

Southern Damselfly 3
Keeled Skimmer 5
Black-tailed Skimmer 1
Common Darter 5

Teneral Common Darter © David Hastings

Keeled Skimmer © David Hastings

Southern Damselfly © David Hastings

Stadhampton Meadows PM - 10th July

Brown Hawker 1
Banded Demoiselle 8

SU594987

Many more Demoiselles along Thame Valley to the north

Clifton Hampden - 10th July

Along the Thames Path to Clifton Lock, 11:00 - 13:00 in mostly overcast conditions:

White-legged Damselfly - 7
Common Blue Damselfly - 30+
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 8
Banded Demoiselle - 10
Emperor Dragonfly - 2 (1m, 1f)

SU546952

White-legged Damselfly (male)

White-legged Damselfly (maturing male)

White-legged Damselfly (imm fem)

Blue-tailed Damselfly (imm form)