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Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Faringdon Folly Park Pond - 9 August

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Small Red-eyed Damselfly 50+ many more than last visit. Also more floating vegetation/algal mats for them Azure Damselfly Blue-tailed Damse...

Day's Lock - 9 August

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Willow Emerald Damselfly, 4 - 5 males Along boundary ditch to the Earth trust's River of Life 2 project,  Church Farm "scrape"...
Monday, 8 August 2022

Trap Grounds, Oxford - 8 August

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Willow Emerald Damselfly  3-4 Small Red-eyed Damselfly (probable - difficult to be sure given distance - several with many in tandem, ovipo...

Lincombe Lane, Oxford 8 August

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4 Common Darter SP491009 James Wainscoat Common Darter close up © James Wainscoat
Sunday, 7 August 2022

Otmoor - 7 August

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100s of Darters - mostly Common - widely distributed.  4 Brown Hawkers Roman Road.  James Wainscoat Common Darters © James Wainscoat

Otmoor - 7 August

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Along Roman Road: 3 Willow Emerald Damselfly  Gareth Blockley 1 Southern Migrant Hawker reported from track to second screen (per Pete Bark...

Trap Grounds, Oxford - 7 August

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1f Willow Emerald Damselfly (first of year) Red-eyed/Small Red-eyed Damselflies (ID uncertain due to distance). 10-20+ Blue-tailed Damselfl...
Saturday, 6 August 2022

Grimsbury Reservoir and River Cherwell - 6 August

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1f Willow Emerald Damselfly - along the River Cherwell, by Grimsbury Reservoir at SP 46258 42471. New area in Oxon for them.  Also seen  (m...
Thursday, 4 August 2022

Grove Meadows Stormwater Pond - 4 August

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30+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly (again rough estimate as very difficult to count accurately) 1-2 Blue-tailed Damselfly Common Blue/Azure Damse...

Trap Grounds - 4 August

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2m Common Blue Damselflies 2m Migrant Hawker 6+ Common/Ruddy Darters (m & f) Nicola Devine Mature male Migrant Hawker © Nicola Devine
Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Radley Lakes - 3 August

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Common Blue Damselfly 79 Red-eyed Damselfly 70 Blue-tailed Damselfly 12 Southern Hawker 1 Emperor Dragonfly 1 Ruddy Darter 10 Common Darter ...

Ardington - 3 August

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Pond to south of village SU430881 2+ Common Blue/Azure damsels 1 Emperor 1 Common Darter Notable as usually nothing here! Stephen Burch

Otmoor - 3 August - Southern Migrant Hawker at last!

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Between first and second screens: 2m Southern Migrant Hawker (first Oxon record for 2022)! Both were quite worn - so not recently emerged! J...

Farmoor - 2 August

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Buckthorn Meadow pond: 2 Brown Hawker James Wainscoat Brown Hawker ©  James Wainscoat
Saturday, 30 July 2022

Willow Walk, Wantage - 29 August

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2 Beautiful Demoiselle Mark Bradfield  In iRecord 

Trap Grounds, Oxford - 27 July

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1 Southern Hawker Nicola Devine Southern Hawker © Nicola Devine

Clifton Hampden/Burcot - 30 July

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Earth Trust River of Life 2 transect covering Little Mead Meadow, Clifton Meadow and Thomas's Meadow - centred on SU 553 957. Common Blu...

Radley Lakes, 29th July

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Common Blue Damselfly 10+ Blue-tailed Damselfly 4 White-legged Damselfly 1 (imm ♀) Emperor Dragonfly 2 Brown Hawker 4 Southern Hawker 1 Blac...
Friday, 29 July 2022

Abingdon Sewage Farm - 29 July

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Over the Wilts and Berks Canal where it joins the Thames SU497950 Common Blue Damselfly - a few Red-eyed Damselfly - a few Small Red-eyed Da...
Sunday, 24 July 2022

Radley Lakes - 24 July

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2 Emperor c4 Brown Hawker c5 Black-tailed Skimmer Jason Coppock Unfortunately no sign of the Lesser Emperor 

Grimsbury Reservoir and Upper Cherwell Valley - 23 July

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Grimsbury Reservoir Black-tailed Skimmer - 5+ (last weekend there were 20+) Grimsbury Reservoir, River Cherwell (SP 45904 41731 to SP 46267 ...

Longford Park, Banbury - 24 June

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An interesting pair of photos from Longford Park last month, courtesy of Steve Gresty. The first given below shows a definite immature Scarc...

Little Wittenham Wood - 24 July

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3 Blue-tailed Damselflies, 10+ Common Blue Damselflies, 50+ Azure Damselflies, 1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (male), 4 Brown Hawkers, 1 Migran...
Friday, 22 July 2022

Radley Lakes, 22nd July

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I spent two hours at Radley Lakes this afternoon. Seen along the west side of the railway line (approx SU525973): Common Blue Damselfly 20+ ...

Cothill/Parsonage Moor - 25 June

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  Four Stopped Chaser (praenubila form) © Steve Gresty Small Red Damselfly © Steve Gresty

Otmoor - 21 July

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Migrant Hawker - 2 imm. males  Black-tailed Skimmer Steve Roby Migrant Hawker (immature male) © S teve Roby
Thursday, 21 July 2022

Aston, 21st July

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I watched a dragonfly ovipositing in my garden pond at lunchtime today, but it was an Emperor Dragonfly,  not what I was expecting at all. A...

Dida Gardens Pond, Didcot - 21 July

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Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly 1f (aurantiaca type) Emerald Damselfly 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly c30 Emperor 1 Common Darter 2 Ian Lewington Emer...

Radley Lakes - 21 July

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1 LESSER EMPEROR -  Thrupp lake along the road on the east side where there is a rail at the edge of the lake (approx SU521975). Views too ...
Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Grove Meadows, Grove - 19 July

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Morning - before it got too hot! But still >30C. Small Red-eyed Damselfly - difficult to count as spread thinly over large area - at leas...
Monday, 18 July 2022

University Parks, Oxford - 13 July

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By the pond in the NE corner, near the river at SP517075 1m Broad-bodied Chaser Treve Willis Initially thought to be a Scarce Chaser, this i...
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Burnhyll Community Woodland Pool, Bicester - 17 July

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Pool is at SP565218 (see Google Maps at 51.8922743480746, -1.1792769026222347) Small Red-eyed Damselfly c40 Common Blue Damselfly 2f Red-eye...
Sunday, 17 July 2022

River Thames, Shillingford - 16 July

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3 Common Blue Damselflies, 8 Azure Damselflies, 7 Blue-tailed Damselflies, 10 White-legged Damselflies, 2 Red-eyed Damselflies, 4 Brown hawk...
Saturday, 16 July 2022

Cholsey Meadows - 16 July

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c. 40 Small Red-eyed Damselfly Azure Damselfly Blue tailed Damselfly Red-eyed Damselfly  Emperor Four-spotted Chaser Black-tailed Skimmer  R...