Common Blue Damsel: Several tenerals, c12 in the long grass west of the the John Allen Pit.
Geoff Wyatt
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| Common Blue Damselfly © Geoff Wyatt |
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Otmoor, 16 April
Along track to second screen:
1 Hairy Dragonfly
Paul Wyeth
First Oxon record to my knowledge! Steve
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| Hairy Dragonfly © Paul Wyeth |
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Talk given at the British Dragonfly Society's on-line Spring Meeting March 2026
Despite seemingly ideal conditions last year, several recorders reported lower than expected levels of dragonfly activity.
I've previously posted here the results of analysis of systematic records from Marsh Wood Pond near Wallingford (made by Julian Edwards) and also daily exuviae counts made by Deborah Dunn at her small garden pond. Since then I've also looked at Julian's records from nearby Cholsey Marsh as well as the transect surveys organised BBOWT at their two special Cothill reserves, Dry Sandford Pit and Parsonage Moor.
At the recent BDS on-line Spring meeting, I gave a talk looking these records and examining what they showed for numbers of dragonflies in 2025 compared with earlier years. It is notable that three of four sites showed declines in 2025 relative to 2024, with two sites down to 40% of their 2024 values.
If you would like more information, you can download a pdf of my presentation. There are even videos of the talks from this meeting on the BDS YouTube Channel!
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