Shillingford to Little Wittenham - 11 June

Earth Trust Waterboards Odonata Transect: 20 Azure Damselflies, 9 Blue-tailed Damselflies, 2 Hairy Dragonflies, 4 Four-spotted Chasers, 1 White-legged Damselfly, 1 Red-eyed Damselfly.

Earth Trust Two Ponds Odonata Transect:  42 Azure Damselflies, 2 Emerald Damselflies, 2 Banded Demoiselles, 1 White-legged Damselfly, 2 Blue-tailed Damselflies 1 Red-eyed Damselfly, 2 Emperor Dragonflies, 2 Four-spotted Chasers

Little Wittenham Woods: 40+ Azure Damselflies, 1 Emperor Dragonfly (female ovipositing), and 2 Common Clubtails (both female).

Note Adrian Parr provided the identification of the Emerald Damselflies as immature females and noted the following: there is no 'spur' on the side of the thorax, and although the pterostigma are still quite pale they are too long and thin for a Willow Emerald - the latter being more barrel-shaped - and it is possible to see a darker main section with white bars at each end starting to develop.

All sightings entered on iRecord

Common Clubtail female (c) John Bloomfield

Common Clubtail female (c) John Bloomfield

Teneral female Emerald Damselfly (c) John Bloomfield