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Thursday, 31 July 2025

Large Red Damselfly and Broad-bodied Chaser emergences

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Thanks to Anna Walsh for sharing these images showing emergence from a water tank in her garden Large Red Damselfly emergence © Anna Walsh L...
Monday, 28 July 2025

Ardley Trow Pool, 28th July

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Lesser Emperor - 1 male hunting flies over long grass in the area between the Trow Pool and the quarry lake this evening. Southern Hawker -...
Saturday, 26 July 2025

Bodicote, 26 July

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 Sidleigh Lake, Bodicote 10+ White-Legged Damsels 20+ Common Blue Damsels 4 Blue Tailed Damsels 15+ Red Eyed Damsels 2+ Small Red Eyed Damse...

Whitecross Green Wood, 25 July

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Emerald Damselfly, 15+ Blue-tailed Damselfly, 3 Banded Demoiselle Damselfly, 1m White-legged Damselfly , 3 Southern Hawker, 2m Brown Hawker...
Friday, 25 July 2025

Radley Lakes 25th July

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Most activity was in the SW corner of Thrupp Lake, and Orchard Lake. But there wasn't a lot about. Red-eyed Damselfly 5 Small Red-eyed D...

Farmoor 25th July

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There weren't many odonata about 10:30 to 11:45. Most activity was around the pond south of the Shrike Meadow hide. Small Red-eyed Damse...

Whitecross Green Wood, 25th July

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15+ Emerald Damsels 2 Blue Tailed Damsels 2 Southern Hawker 3 Migrant Hawker 7+ Southern Migrant Hawker 3 Emperor Dragonflies 4 Brown Hawker...

Lower Windrush Valley, 25 July

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Pit 60 Langley Lane hide A surprising dearth of odonata: 1 Banded Demoiselle Blue damsels (a few) 1  Probable Lesser Emperor - flew rapidly...

Otmoor, Noke end pond - 25th July

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2 Emperor (m & f) 3 Black-tailed Skimmer (m) Common and Ruddy Darters 1 Small Red-eyed Damselfly 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly A few other blu...
Friday, 18 July 2025

Blenheim, 18 July

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In the location where the Norfolk Hawkers were reported previously: Migrant Hawker 10-20 Brown Hawker 1-2 Emperor 1-2 Lesser Emperor 1, per ...
Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Otmoor, 17 July

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Disappointing numbers of dragonflies: 3 Banded Demoiselle 8+ Azure Damsels 2 Blue Tailed Damsels 1 Small Red Eyed Damsel (male) between 1st...
Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Otmoor 14th July

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Banded Demoiselle 1 Common Blue Damselfly 4 Common Spreadwing 1 Brown Hawker 4 Southern Migrant Hawker 1 Black-tailed Skimmer 1 Ruddy Darter...
Monday, 14 July 2025

Norfolk and Southern Migrant Hawkers, 14 July

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Norfolk Hawkers were reported from two sites today! Blenheim: 2 still present, per Ewan Otmoor: Along path 100 yds from second screen, per ...
Sunday, 13 July 2025

Blenheim, 13 July

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Norfolk Hawkers still present at same location Jason Coppock et al Click for Video (c) Jason Coppock
Saturday, 12 July 2025

Blenheim, 12th July

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Norfolk Hawker - I think almost certainly 2 today in the same area. I suspected 2 in the field but couldn't be sure, but having looked ...
Friday, 11 July 2025

Blenheim, 11th July

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Norfolk Hawker - 1 flew into view while I was looking for Lesser Emperors. It appeared to have a different jizz to a Brown Hawker which dre...

Radley Lakes 11th July

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1 Beautiful Demoiselle 1 Banded Demoiselle 4 Emerald Damsels (males orchard lake) Common Blue/Azure Damsels 8 Blue Tailed Damsels 20+ Red E...

Sideleigh Lake, Bodicote, 9th July

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1 Beautiful Demoiselle 6 White Legged Damsels Common/Azure Blue Damsels 2 Blue Tailed Damsels 2 Emperor Dragonflies 2 Four Spotted Chaser Wa...

Tar Lakes 11th July

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Common Blue Damselfly 100+ Red-eyed Damselfly 1 Emperor Dragonfly 2 Lesser Emperor 2 (one at Tar Lake, the other patrolling the car park) B...
Thursday, 10 July 2025

Blenheim 10th July

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Lesser Emperor - a male seen this evening over the Main Lake at roughly SP432161. Originally found a couple of days ago by Roger Wyatt. It a...

Wroxton College Lakes, 10 July

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Willow Emerald Damselfly - 1 (teneral) Large Red Damselfly - 1 Red-eyed Damselfly - 50+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly - 4 Azure/Common Blue Dams...

Wroxton Quarry, 10 July

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SP 40230 41577.  Not an easy site to view, one pool now dry. Red-eyed Damselfly - 20+ Azure/Common Blue Damselflies - many Emperor Dragonfly...

Lambs Pool and Woodford Bottom BBOWT, 10 July

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Banded Demoiselle - 1 White-legged Damselfly - 4 Red-eyed Damselfly - 50+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly - 3 (new species record for the site) Az...
Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Grimsbury Reservoir and River Cherwell, 9 July

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Beautiful Demoiselle - 1 Banded Demoiselle - 4 Red-eyed Damselfly - 18 Azure Damselfly - 50+ Common Blue Damselfly - 50+ Blue-tailed Damself...
Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Otmoor, 7 July

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Southern Migrant Hawkers:   have been showing for about a week. Mostly teneral/female sightings. A couple of blue males were showing today (...

Parsonage Moor/Cothill Fen 8th July

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Beautiful Demoiselle 1 Azure Damselfly 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly 3 Southern Damselfly 3 Small Red Damselfly 4 (2m,2f) Brown Hawker 1 Black-ta...
Monday, 7 July 2025

Searching for Clubtails at Goring, 1 July

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Further to the earlier post on the remarkable Clubtail records from 1 July, I am very grateful to Alan Holmes for providing the following ac...
Friday, 4 July 2025

Radley Lakes 4th July

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 3 Banded Demoiselle 1 Beautiful Demoiselle 6 Emerald Damsels (5 males,1 female Orchard Lake) 1 Willow Emerald (male Orchard Lake) Common/...

Otmoor, 4 July

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Hairy Dragonfly 1 Black-tailed Skimmer 1 Ruddy Darter 2 Common Blue Damselfly 5 Azure Damselfly 16 Blue-tailed Damselfly 5 Willow Emerald Da...