River Cherwell, Grimsbury Reservoir - 23rd May

Hairy Hawker 4 (3m 1f ovipositing)

Broad-bodied Chaser 1f

Banded Demoiselle 12 (10m)

Beautiful Demoiselle 9 (7m)

Red-eyed Damselfly 7m

Azure/Common Blue Damselfly 3

Radley Lakes, 22 May

Orchard Lake SU520969 only:

2-3 Downy Emerald
2-3 Hairy Dragonfly
2+ Four-spotted Chaser
1-2 Azure Damselfly
1-2 Red-eyed Damselfly

Stephen Burch

Downy Emerald © Stephen Burch

Downy Emerald © Stephen Burch

Downy Emerald © Stephen Burch

Broughton, 21 May

In garden pond:

2 Large Red Damselfly - tandem pair ovipositing

Paul Wyeth

Large Red Damselfly ovipositing © Paul Wyeth

Valley Park, Didcot

West pond, adjacent to the Milton Link Road SU497913 (around 18:00):

8m Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
8 Blue-tailed Damselfly

Ian Lewington

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly © Ian Lewington

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly © Ian Lewington

There is free access to this site and parking is available in the Valley Park, Estate:

Map showing location of ponds © Ian Lewington

NB None at Dida Gardens and adjacent site. 

Clattercote Reservoir, 20 May

 Hairy Dragonfly: 1f ovipositing; 1-2 males at SP448484

 Hairy Dragonfly ovipositing © Paul Wyeth

Cholsey Marsh - 12th May

3 newly emerged Common Clubtail this morning, drying off in riverside vegetation downstream from Alan's hotspot and closer to the railway bridge. With thanks to Cholsey resident Richard James who located them. The third and fourth pictures are the same individual (with exuvia).

Banded Demoiselle - lots

Beautiful Demoiselle - 4

Azure Damselfly - 3

Clifton Hampden, 9 May

400m downstream of the bridge:

2 Clubtails
60 Banded Demoiselle
6 Blue-tailed Damselflies 
2  Red-eyed Damselflies

Ian Lewington 

Dida Gardens, Didcot, 8 May

1 Four-spotted Chaser

Ian Lewington

Four-spotted Chaser (c) Ian Lewington 

Upper Cherwell Valley, 9th May

Mostly along the River and partially around the Borrow Pit Pool. 

Hairy Dragonfly 1

Beautiful Demoiselle 9

Large Red Damselfly 1

Azure Damselfly 7

Common Blue Damselfly 2

Goring Railway Bridge, 9 May

Retaining wall under towpath. Approx. 3 - 10 metres to west of bridge:

Club-tailed Dragonfly. 2 emerging. Approx. 5 other exuviae.
Beautiful Demoiselle damselfly. Several.

Phil Cruse

Clubtail emerging  (c) Phil Cruse 

Clubtail emerging (c) Phil Cruse 

Day's Lock/Church Farm, 6 May

Club-tailed Dragonfly 6: 5 flying directly off and away. 1 freshly emerged male settled for photos.
Beautiful Demoiselle 2
Banded Demoiselle c. 20
Four Spotted Chaser 1
Hairy Dragonfly 3
Common Blue Damselfly 100's

Geoff Wyatt

Clubtail - teneral male (c) Geoff Wyatt

Clubtail - teneral male (c) Geoff Wyatt

John Allen Pit, Dorchester, 1 May

Downy Emerald 1.

Hairy Dragonfly 3.

Banded Demoiselle c10.

Common Blue Damselfly c100.

Large Red Damselfly 3

Geoff Wyatt 

Banbury Flood Defences, 1 & 2 May

1 May:

1 Hairy Dragonfly at 52.08326, -1.32016.
1 Large Red Damselfly 

2 May:

1 Hairy Dragonfly at large pond at 52.08453, -1.32355

Steve Gresty

Down Valley Way, LWV lakes area, 26 April

Common Blue Damselfly 

Tim & Ali Baker 

West Hanney, 15-24 April

A garden & pond in West Hanney:

Almost daily from 15th April to date

Large Red Damselfly (M/F, including 2 in tandem)

 24th April: Beautiful Demoiselle (F)

Beautiful Demoiselle (c) Tim & Ali Baker 

Large Red Damselfly (c) Tim & Ali Baker

Blewbury, 1 May

 In a garden SU528857:

1 Clubtail !

Conor Mackenzie (who also had a Clubtail in a different garden in Sutton Courtenay a few years ago!)

Clubtail (c) Conor Mackenzie