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Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Tar Lakes, 11 August

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10:30 - 12:00 First (NW) Lake: Common Darter Black-tailed Skimmer Migrant Hawker along path (prob.) SE Lake: Common Blue Damselfly Common Da...
Sunday, 9 August 2026

Standlake Common Pit 60 9th August

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Brown Hawker 1 Migrant Hawker 1 Southern Hawker 1 Black-tailed Skimmer 1 (ovipositing female) Common Darter 1 David Hastings

Blenheim 9th August

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Queen Pool Lesser Emperor -  8 males at regular intervals around the lake edge. Emperor - c8 Brown Hawker - 3 Migrant Hawker - 1 Common Dart...

Whitecross Green Wood, 9 August

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Southern Migrant Hawker - 1 at the Hidden Pond Migrant Hawker - Rides Willow Emerald Damselfly - Hidden Pond Andy Last Willow Emerald Damsel...
Saturday, 8 August 2026

Whitecross Green Wood, 7 August

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Rides Ruddy & Common Darter 12+ Brown Hawker c. 3 Migrant Hawker 2 Main Pond Willow Emerald Damselfly 2 (in tandem) Ruddy & Common D...

The Trap Grounds 8th August

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3 Southern Migrant Hawkers : one male patrolling the main pond and a pair in tandem ovipositing along the stream next to the boardwalk. Also...
Friday, 7 August 2026

Radley Lakes, 2 August

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10+ Willow Emerald Damselfly 1 Southern Migrant Hawker -  Dried up pool at SU522972 Emma Hunter , per the WhatsApp group Willow Emerald Dams...
Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Standlake, Pit 60, 4 August

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1 Small Red-eyed Damselfly 1 Black-tailed Skimmer Also note this belated record: 27 July: Lesser Emperor - 1, per Stuart Thompson via the L...
Monday, 3 August 2026

Whitecross Green Wood, 3 August

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Southern Migrant Hawker    4, all males and at the Hidden Pond. Migrant Hawker        15 along the rides Southern Hawker       3 with 2 at t...
Sunday, 2 August 2026

Wroxton Quarry, 2nd August

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Emerald Damselfly sp. - 6+ - SP 40209 41597 Around overhanging willow and I assume Willow Emerald but needs a better look to confirm
Saturday, 1 August 2026

Wroxton Quarry, 1st August

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Red-veined Darter - 1 teneral - SP 40609 41772 Further north-west through the site than the adults seen ovipositing in late May. Near to som...

Whitecross Green Wood 1st August

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Hidden pond Emperor Dragonfly 1 Southern Hawker 1 Brown Hawker 1 Common Darter Ruddy Darter Main Pond Blue-tailed Damselfly 2 Common Blue Da...

Whitecross Green Wood, 31 July

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Woodland Pond : About 200m beyond Main Pond to left of ride (SP605142). Almost fully dried up. Southern Migrant Hawker c. 3 Brown Hawker 1 C...

Lockinge, 1 August

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Southern Hawker - 1 hawking along footpath SU428873 Pool above weir SU425877 : Blue damsel sp Emperor 1m, 1f ovipositing Common Darter 2+m S...

Otmoor, 31 July

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Brown Hawker 4,  Southern Hawker 1,  Southern Migrant Hawker 6 ( between Hide and First screen ),  100s Darters,  Willow Emerald Damselfly ...
Friday, 31 July 2026

Valley Park, Didcot, 31 July

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Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly - up to 12 Blue-tailed Damselfly Black-tailed Skimmer 2 Peter Pool
Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Whitecross Green Wood, 28 July

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Southern Migrant Hawker 8, Brown Hawker 4,  Common Darter 2,  Four-spotted chaser 2,   Ruddy Darter 1 James Wainscoat Southern Migrant Hawke...
Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Abbey Gardens, Abingdon, 28 July

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By the river cut-off / pond:  8+ Willow Emerald Damselfly Martin Green, per the WhatsApp Group

River Thames at Farmoor 28th July

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Along the river from Buckthorn Meadow to Pinkhill, 14:30 to 16:30 Common Blue Damselfly 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly 2 Red-eyed Damselfly 1 Weste...
Saturday, 25 July 2026

Trap Grounds, Oxford, 25 July

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Tim's Pond Southern Hawker Brown Hawker Migrant Hawker (prob.) Common Darter  Blue-tailed Damselfly Swan Pond Common Darter No sign of t...

Blenheim 25th July

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Lesser Emperor - 3 at northern end of Queen Pool. No Norfolk Hawker or Red-veined Darters seen today. Emperor vs Lesser Emperor Emperor wit...

Bodicote, 25th July

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New storm water pond at SP4535138131 Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly Lesser Emperor

Christ Church College & Meadow, Oxford, 20 July

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Mercury Pond, Christ Church college 2-5 Common Blue 2-5 Common Bluetail 2 Emperor incl. 1 female trying to oviposit 6-20 (possibly more) Sma...

University Parks, Oxford, 17 July

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1, possibly 2 Southern Migrant Hawker. First for site. 3 Ruddy Darter 1 Azure Blue 2-5+ Black Tailed Skimmer 1 Banded Demoiselle.  Thanks t...
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Cothill, 17 July

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Dry Sandford Pit 3 Migrant Hawker Waterbodies along path at The Plantation (path before Parsonage Moor) 2-5 Emperor 2-5 Brown Hawker 2-5+ Co...
Friday, 24 July 2026

Boundary Brook NR, Oxford, 24 July

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Willow Emerald Damselfly 1m Southern Hawker 2m Ruddy Darter Common Darter Ponds suffering from low water levels and reed growth. Stephen Bu...
Thursday, 23 July 2026

Trap Grounds 23rd July 2026

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The male Southern Migrant Hawker has now taken up residence on Tim's Pond in the Trap Grounds. In more cloudy weather this afternoon it ...

Valley Park, Didcot, 22 July

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40+ Scarce Blue-tailed Damselflies During a brief evening visit. Mostly copulating pairs and adults. First time I've ever seen females o...
Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Tar Lakes, 22 July

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Common Blue Damselfly Red-eyed Damselfly (conservation area pond) Lesser Emperor - several on the south-west shore of the first (NE) lake i...
Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Parsonage Moor 21st July

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19 Southern Damselflies (18 males and a female) 1 Small Red Damselfly 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly 27 Keeled Skimmers - all males 1 Black-taile...

Shillingford - 21st July

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Thames south-west bank upstream from the bridge, and River of Life 9:45 - 11:45 am: White-legged Damselfly (male) Black-tailed Skimmer 4 Whi...

Orchard Lake, Radley Lakes, 10 July

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  Southern Migrant Hawker © Steve Gresty
Monday, 20 July 2026

Blenheim 20th July

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Norfolk Hawker - 1 in the usual spot. This one is a different individual to that I photographed on 10th July (post on this blog). The wing d...

Blenheim 12th July

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Scarce Chaser - a belated post to cover my sighting of a male along the Glyme at Bladon where it leaves Blenheim. I had considered this spe...

Otmoor 20th July

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MoD land Common Spreadwing 1 Brown Hawker 3 Migrant Hawker 1 Southern Migrant Hawker 2 Black-tailed Skimmer 1 Ruddy Darter 31 RSPB land Brow...

River Cherwell, Grimsbury Revervoir - 19th July

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Willow Emerald Damselfly 2 Seen by Clive Payne

Dorchester-on-Thames - 19th July

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The following c 10am from perimeter hedges around private fishing lake @ SU579947: 3 Brown Hawker Black-tailed Skimmer Common Darter Common ...