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Friday, 4 July 2025

Tar Lakes AM - 4th July

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No sign of any Lesser Emperor 1 Emperor Dragonfly 2 Black-tailed Skimmer Common Blue Damselflies including 2 drab form females Azure and Blu...
Thursday, 3 July 2025

Otmoor RSPB, 1 July

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Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Azure Damselfly, 6 Banded Demoiselle, 3m Ruddy and Common Darter, 10s Southern Hawker, 4 James Wainscoat  Southern ...
Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Long Hanborough Community Path - 2nd July (evening)

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Emperor Dragonfly - 3 Brown Hawker - 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly - 1 Willow Emerald Damselfly - 1

Goring, 1 July

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Amazing records via iRecord of: Clubtail: Between 6 & 20 adults, 1 pair in cop. and 2-5 larvae! Lesser Emperor: 2-5 White Legged Damse...
Monday, 30 June 2025

Thrupp Lake, Radley Lakes, 30 June

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4 Banded Demoiselle 2 Emerald Damsels (males Orchard lake) Common Blue/Azure Damsels 8 Blue Tailed Damsels 40+ Red Eyed Damsels 4+ Small Red...
Sunday, 29 June 2025

Port Meadow, River Thames near to the Perch, 29 June

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2 Black-tailed Skimmer 8 Banded Demoiselle 10 Red-eyed damselfly 6 Azure damselfly James Wainscoat  Banded Demoiselle and Red-eyed Damselfly...

Ardley Trow Pool 28th June

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Brown Hawker - 2 Emperor Dragonfly - 4 Four-spotted Chaser - c20 Black-tailed Skimmer - c10 Small Red-eyed Damselfly - 1 Red-eyed Damselfly ...
Friday, 27 June 2025

Radley Lakes, 27th June

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Common Blue Damselfly Azure Damselfly Blue-tailed Damselfly 3 Red-eyed Damselfly 3 Southern Hawker 1 Black-tailed Skimmer 6 Ruddy Darter 10 ...

Bernwood Forest, 26 June

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Near car park: 4 Emperor Dragonflies 1 Broad-bodied chaser 2 Beautiful demoiselles James Wainscoat  Broad-bodied Chaser (c) James Wainscoat ...
Thursday, 26 June 2025

Warburg BBOWT, 25 June

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1f White-legged Damselfly  Tim & Ali Baker White-legged Damselfly (c) Tim & Ali Baker 
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Whitecross Green Wood, 25th June

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Azure Damselfly 20+ Common Spreadwing 1 Emperor Dragonfly 4 Brown Hawker 1 Four-spotted Chaser 5 Black-tailed Skimmer 1 Ruddy Darter 5 Davi...
Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Otmoor, 24 June

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10s blue damsels,  2 Ruddy Darters 1f Black-tailed Skimmer James Wainscoat Black-tailed Skimmer (f) © James Wainscoat
Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Oxford Botanic Garden: 21 June

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10s Small Red-eyed Damselflies ,  6 Azure Damselflies James Wainscoat Small Red-eyed Damselflies in cop and an Azure Damselfly © James Wains...

Stoke Row, 19 June

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Slightly belated report via iRecord: 1m Lesser Emperor Adrian Hickman Good description provided. Location given as  SU657841 - a site that i...
Sunday, 22 June 2025

Ardley Trow Pool 22nd June

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Visits today and 21st June Emperor Dragonfly - 4 Hairy Dragonfly -1 Downy Emerald - 1 Four-spotted Chaser - c20 Black-tailed Skimmer - doubl...

Bernwood Forest (BUCKS), 18 June

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Less than half a kilometre over the border in Bucks at SP6122011468 1 Southern Migrant Hawker (female)  Southern Migrant Hawker (female) © W...
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Radley Lakes, 20th June

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2 Banded Demoiselle 5 Emerald Damsels (4 male 1 female Orchard Lake) Common/Azure Blue Damsels 20+ Blue Tailed Damsels 20+ Red Eyed Damsels...
Friday, 20 June 2025

Upper Cherwell Valley from M40 Banbury to Borrow Pit (BP), June 19

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Banded Demoiselle 3m 2f river Beautiful Demoiselle 2m river Large Red Damselfly 1 river White-legged Damselfly 2m river Azure Damselfly 3 BP...

Lockinge, 19 June

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On pool behind the weir (SU426877) 1m Emperor (FOY at this site) Stephen Burch
Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Clattercote Reservoir, 18 June

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Please note the reservoir levels are currently very low with no access to the water's edge. The best area for dragonflies at the western...

Tar Lakes, near Witney, 18 June pm

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Common Blue Damselfly Red-eyed Damselfly Emperor? Brief glimpse on arrival Black-tailed Skimmer Four-spotted Chaser Remarkable lack of hawke...

Standlake Pit 60, 18 June

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Common Blue Damselfly Red-eyed Damselfly 1 Banded Demoiselle Emperor 1-2 Black-tailed Skimmer Stephen Burch
Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Grove Meadows Stormwater Pond, 17 June

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5+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly 10+ Red-eyed Damselfly Azure Damselfly Common Blue Damselfly 3 Emperor (2m, 1f ovipositing) 2+ Four-spotted Chas...

Parsonage Moor and Cothill Fen (briefly), 17 June early PM

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Southern damselfly - c10, including some tandem pairs. Common Blue damselfly - c10 Azure Blue damselfly - c10 Large Red damselfly - 5 Small...
Monday, 16 June 2025

Otmoor RSPB, 16 June

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Azure Damselfly, 30+ Common Blue Damselfly, several Banded Demoiselle Damselfly, 1m Ruddy and Common Darter Dragonfly, 5+ Phil Cruse  Ruddy ...

Whitecross Green Wood, 16th June

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Azure Damselfly : 15+ Large Red Damselfly : 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly : 3 White-legged Damselfly : 8 Emperor Dragonfly : 4 Four-spotted Chaser...

Pinkhill Hide, Farmoor, 16 June

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 1m Lesser Emperor   Conor Mackenzie
Friday, 13 June 2025

Boundary Brook Nature Reserve, Oxford, 13 June

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4+ Large Red Damselfly 10s Blue Damsels, presumed Azure Very low water levels on all the ponds Stephen Burch Large Red Damselfly [focus stac...

College Lake BBOWT - BUCKS

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News from over the border in Bucks , per Phil Cruse:  2 Norfolk Hawke r at College Lake BBOWT for about 7 days. Anyone looking on Otmoor at ...

Wroxton Abbey, 11th Jun

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10+ Common Blue Damselfly (including one tandem pair being attacked by a spider) 10 + Azure Damselflies 1 Large Red damselfly 6 Beautiful De...

Parsonage Moor & Cothill Fen, 11 June

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Parsonage Moor Small Red Damselfly, 1 Large Red Damselfly, 3 Azure Damselfly, 5+ Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Southern Damselfly, 15+ Keeled Ski...
Monday, 9 June 2025

Radley Lakes, 9th June

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8 Banded Demoiselle 6 Emerald Damsels (4 males,2 females) 40+ Common/ Azure Damsels  15+ Blue Tailed Damsels 10+ Red Eyed Damsels 1 Downy Em...
Sunday, 8 June 2025

Lockinge, 7 June

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At the weir (SU426877), in a brighter moment between showers: Blue-tailed Damselfly - 20+ (highest count at this site by far) Azure Damselfl...
Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Radley Lakes, 4th June

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1 Beautiful Demoiselle 10+ Banded Demoiselle 5 Emerald Damsels ( 3 females 2 males) 100+ Common / Azure Damsels 15+ Blue Tailed Damsels 8 R...
Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Lamb's Pool and Woodford Bottom BBOWT reserve, 2 June

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Lamb's Pool BBOWT Beautiful demoiselle 2 (1m 1f/imm) Large red damselfly 1 White-legged damselfl y 4 Azure damselfly 18 (13m 3 fem/imm 1...
Monday, 2 June 2025

Whitecross Green Wood, 2nd June

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2 Beautiful Demoiselle 2 Banded Demoiselle 8 Large Red Damsels 3 White-Legged Damsels 30+ Azure Damsels 2 Blue-Tailed Damsels 3 Hairy Dragon...

Lyford and Venn Mill, 30th May, 1 June

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30th May - Lyford & River Ock Beautiful Demoiselle x 100+ m/f Banded Demoiselle x 50+ m/f Azure Damselfly x 2 m/f 1st June - Venn Mill L...

Otmoor, 2nd June

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Seen in the MoD area at Otmoor this morning (while doing a butterfly survey): Azure and Common Blue Damselflies Emperor Dragonfly 2 Four-spo...
Sunday, 1 June 2025

Otmoor, 31 May

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Common Darter - earliest ever record for me. John Edwards
Saturday, 31 May 2025

Whitecross Green Wood, 31 May

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Large Red Damselfly, 8+ (mostly in tandem) Azure Damselfly, many Banded Demoiselle Damselfly, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, many Four-spotted Cha...