09/06/23 - River Cherwell / Grimsbury Reservoir
Hairy Dragonfly - 6-7
Black-tailed Skimmer - 3 (1 pair)
Azure/Common Blue - several hundred, mostly paired up and egg laying (appeared to be mostly Azure)
Blue-tailed Damselfly - several
Red-eyed Damselfly - several
Demoiselles - several of each (numbers seemed to have really dropped off)
09/06/23 - Borrow Pit pool (SP 46432 43194) / Upper Cherwell Valley
Emperor Dragonfly - 3 m
Four-spotted Chaser - 2
Black-tailed Skimmer - 1
Azure/Common Blue (mostly Common)
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Red-eyed Damselfly
Banded Demoiselle
White-legged Damselfly - 8
11/06/23 - Borrow Pit pool / Upper Cherwell Valley
Emperor Dragonfly - 1
Black-tailed Skimmer - 3 m
Four-spotted Chaser - 2
Red-eyed Damselfly - 18
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 8
Common Blue Damselfly - c.45
Azure Damselfly - 1
White-legged Damselfly - 7
25/06/23 - River Cherwell / Grimsbury Reservoir
Southern Hawker - 1
Brown Hawker - 2
Hairy Dragonfly - 1
Black-tailed Skimmer - 10+
Azure/Common Blue - numerous
Demoiselles - still a few of each
Blue-tailed Damselfly - several
White-legged Damselfly - 1
Red-eyed Damselfly - 10+
25/06/23 - Borrow Pit pool / Upper Cherwell Valley
Broad-bodied Chaser - 1
Four-spotted Chaser - 3
Emperor Dragonfly - 2
Black-tailed Skimmer - 3
Red-eyed Damselfly - c.20
Blue-tailed Damselfly - 4
Common Blue Damselfly - numerous
White-legged Damselfly - 2
25/06/23 - Clattercote Reservoir
Azure / Common Blue Damselfly - numerous (mostly Common)
Red-eyed Damselfly - numerous
Blue-tailed Damselfly - c.20
White-legged Damselfly - 17
Small Red-eyed Damselfly - c.10+
Banded Demoiselle - 3
Hairy Dragonfly - 2
Emperor Dragonfly - 7-8 (inc. egg laying)
Four-spotted Chaser - 6
Black-tailed Skimmer - c.30
Rudder Darter - 1 teneral/female
Gareth Blockley
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