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Thursday, 29 September 2022

Buscot Park NT - 28 September

1 Willow Emerald Damselfly - SU245965

Definitely the furthest west record in the county! 

Bill Haynes, per iRecord

Saturday, 24 September 2022

Letcombe Bassett - 22 September

1m Willow Emerald Damselfly 

Note the blue on the face and the underside near the tip of the abdomen - apparently shown by some males late in the season. 

Willow Emerald Damselfly (c) Mark Bradfield



Sunday, 18 September 2022

Cutteslowe Park - 18 September

1m Willow Emerald Damselfly.  By the pond.
2 Migrant Hawker 
3 Common Darter

Nick Boyd 

Saturday, 17 September 2022

Wantage - 17 September

Willow Emerald: along the hedge between the field at the back of the Health Centre and the old canal. 
1 Southern Hawker and 20 Common Darters around the edge of the field.

Brian Walker

Southern Hawker (c) Brian Walker 
Willow Emerald (c) Brian Walker 

Friday, 16 September 2022

Wroxton College Lakes 16 Sept 2022

Willow Emerald Damselfly 1: c 7m up in a conifer at end of Main Lake - the first sighting in this area of the site.
Common Blue Damselfly 14m plus a couple unidentified blue damsels.
Migrant Hawker 5m
Ruddy Darter 3m
Darter sp 1f

Steve Holliday and Gareth Blockley

Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Wantage - 14 September

Stockham Stormwater pond SU389887.

Willow Emerald Damselfly 3 (including a pair ovipositing on a thin Willow shoot.)
Common Darter 11
Migrant Hawker 2
Southern Hawker 2

Brian Walker

Migrant Hawker © Brian Walker

Willow Emerald © Brian Walker

Ardington - 14 September

At the pond south-west of the village in the afternoon sunshine SU430882:

4+ Willow Emerald Damselfly - including 1m and a tandem pair settling and possibly ovipositing on an Oak tree branch overhanging the water.
4+ Common Darter inc 1 tandem pair

Stephen Burch

Tuesday, 13 September 2022

Aston, 13th September

A female Southern Hawker was ovipositing in/around my garden pond today.

Southern Hawker ♀© David hastings


Monday, 12 September 2022

Wytham Woods - 7 September

Around the Duck Pond SP45810750

3m+ Willow Emerald Damselfly
10-20 Common Darter
Ruddy Darter
Hawker sp. Probably Southern

Note: This pond in Wytham Woods is very close to the Upper Pond where this species was first recorded in Oxfordshire - back in 2019! 

In iRecord.

Treve Willis

Male Willow Emerald Damselfly © Treve Willis

Male Willow Emerald Damselfly © Treve Willis


Wroxton College Lakes - 11 September

Willow Emerald 1m by Lady Pool
Common Blue Damselfly 3m plus 5 probables
Migrant Hawker 3m by Lady Pool
Black-tailed Skimmer 1m by Main Lake
Ruddy Darter 1m by Lady Pool

Steve and Gill Holliday


Sunday, 11 September 2022

Aston, 11th September

Common Darter - pair in tandem, with female ovipositing in garden pond

Southern Hawker - 1 male 

Saturday, 10 September 2022

Standlake - 10 September

Southern Hawker - ovipositing in garden pond. SP403032

Mick Cunningham 

Earth Trust, Little Wittenham - 10 September

7 Willow Emerald Damselflies (3 pairs in cop plus an additional individual), 3 Migrant Hawker, 35 Common Darters (15 pairs in cop and ovipositing plus an additional 5 individuals), 2 Ruddy Darter.

Observations entered in iRecord

Willow Emerald Damselfly (c) John Bloomfield

Migrant Hawker (c) John Bloomfield


Thursday, 8 September 2022

Shrike Meadow, Farmoor - 7 September

2 Blue Damselflies
3 Brown Hawkers 
1 Migrant Hawker
1 tandem pair Common Darter.

James Wainscoat

Migrant Hawker © James Wainscoat

Common Darters © James Wainscoat

Wednesday, 7 September 2022

Faringdon Folly Park Pond - 7 September

c.10 Small Red-eyed Damselfly 
1 Blue-tailed Damselfly
3+ Migrant Hawker
10+ Common Darter

Stephen Burch

Migrant Hawker © Stephen Burch

Distant Small Red-eyed Damselfly © Stephen Burch


Tuesday, 6 September 2022

Grimsbury Reservoir - 6 September

Willow Emerald 1m - by path in wood c100m from location of previous record  earlier this week.
Black-tailed skimmer 1m by reservoir.


Steve Holliday 

Saturday, 3 September 2022

Grimsbury Reservoir - 3 September

1m Willow Emerald Damselfly along the river by the wood at SP 46158 42418.

Gareth Blockley 

Thursday, 1 September 2022

Wroxton College Lakes 1 September 2022

Willow Emerald Damselfly 3. A pair in tandem and a male at Lady Pool. All 3 close together at first on bare twigs some 5m up in a yew by the edge of the pool. The pair drifted off at height and were lost to view despite searching. The male perched for a while on a bare twig before flying off. There are willows and alders around the pool.

Brown Hawker 1 at the same pool.

Steve Holliday 

Boundary Brook NR, Oxford - 30 August

4 Ruddy Darter
4 Common Darter
1-2 Southern Hawker (prob)

Nick Boyd & Helen Edwards