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Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Farmoor 26th August

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Hardly anything about along the river at Farmoor this afternoon. All I could find were a Migrant Hawker, a Southern Hawker and a female West...

Otmoor, 25 August

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A very warm and very dry Otmoor today. Many ditches and the small pond on the Seasonal Trail just mud now, which possibly explains the compl...
Monday, 25 August 2025

Tar Lakes, 25 August PM

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Most activity and species in the conservation area, C (SP385070 ), where viewing conditions are difficult due to the sun direction. Common B...
Saturday, 23 August 2025

John Allen Pit, Dorchester, 22nd August.

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Lesser Emperor, 3 A female ovipositing whist clasped by a male, a second male came in and tussled with them briefly. They seem to be ranging...

Grove Meadows Stormwater Pond, 22 August

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1 Common Blue Damselfly 10-20 Small Red-eyed Damselfly 10+ Willow Emerald Damselfly 1 Emperor 1 Migrant Hawker 3+ Common Darter - where are ...
Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Otmoor, 17 August

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On track to first screen: 1m Southern Migrant Hawker Christopher Bill per iRecord
Monday, 18 August 2025

Whitecross Green Wood, 17 August

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Common and Ruddy Darter Dragonfly, 20+, several ovipositing Migrant Hawker Dragonfly, c.20 - over the rides and car park Common Blue Damself...

Wroxton College Lakes, 11 August

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 Belated report: 11 August 2025 1320 – 1500 sunny intervals Willow Emerald 4 (pair in tandem plus male, Lady lake and 1 by Main Lake) Commo...
Friday, 15 August 2025

Radley Lakes 15th August

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Common Blue Damselfly 20+ Blue-tailed Damselfly 1 Red-eyed Damselfly 4 Brown Hawker 1 Southern Hawker 2 Migrant Hawker 3 Ruddy Darter 11 Dav...

Farmoor 15th August

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Blue-tailed Damselfly 1 Brown Hawker 1 Migrant Hawker 11 Common Darter 12  David Hastings Migrant Hawker ♂ © David Hastings
Thursday, 14 August 2025

Otmoor, 9th August

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Belated report via iRecord: Southern Migrant Hawker 2-5. Grid ref given as SP561132 (along path to first screen) Jackie Newcombe
Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Faringdon Folly Park Pond, 13 August AM

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A large number of anglers were present, substantially limiting access to the water's edge. Cooler and less sunny than yesterday! Banded ...
Tuesday, 12 August 2025

Tar Lakes, 12 August PM

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Along the dog walkers path in high temperatures. Activity seemed to diminish the hotter it got. Common Blue Damselflies - several all lakes ...
Monday, 11 August 2025

Radley Lakes, 11 August

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1 Willow Emerald (female Orchard Lake) 10+ Common Blue Damsels 4 Blue Tailed Damsels 10+ Red Eyed Damsels 8+ Small Red Eyed Damsels (Orcha...

Farmoor – Shrike Meadow hide, 10 August

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Migrant Hawker – 3m Tim & Ali Baker
Sunday, 10 August 2025

Otmoor 10th August

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Western Willow Spreadwing 2♂, 2♀ Migrant Hawker 1 Ruddy Darter 3 Common Darter 11 David Hastings Western Willow Spreadwing ♂ © David Hasting...

Whitecross Green Wood 10th August

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Blue-tailed Damselfly 2 Common Speadwing 20+ Southern Hawker 1 Brown Hawker 3 Migrant Hawker 21 Southern Migrant Hawker 1 Common Darter 20+ ...
Saturday, 9 August 2025

Harwell Campus, 9 August

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 New landscaped pond at SU477873: Common Blue Damselfly 10+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly 5+ Stephen Burch
Friday, 8 August 2025

Ardley Trow Pool, 8th August

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Lesser Emperor - 1 male again in the same area hunting flies adjacent to the quarry lake. Emperor - 2 Ruddy Darter - 2 Willow Emerald Damsel...

John Allen Pit, Dorchester on Thames, 8 August

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Lesser Emperor 3 A male and female in tandem briefly. Later watching a male patroling that had a couple of interactions with a second male. ...

Grove Meadows Stormwater Pond, 8 August

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Azure Damselfly  5+ Blue-tailed Damselfly 2 Small Red-eyed Damselfl y - 50+ (v. difficult to estimate numbers with any confidence) Emperor 1...
Thursday, 7 August 2025

Stadhampton Meadows - 6th Aug and previously

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Generally sparse counts here so far this summer: Numbers of Banded Demoiselle on all visits 1 Beautiful Demoiselle (female) today A few Comm...
Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Ardley Trow Pool, 6th August

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Lesser Emperor - male hunting insects over the grassy area between the quarry lake and Trow Pool this evening. Presumably the same one as I...

Whitecross Green Wood, 6 August 11:00-15:30

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Emerald Damselfly (a few at both ponds) Brown Hawker - c. 5 along the rides and at both ponds Southern Hawker - 2+ Migrant Hawker - c.10 al...

Farmoor, 6 August

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Red-eyed Damselfly (1f) Willow Emerald Damselfly (1) Migrant Hawker (1) Just 3 individual odonata in seemingly ideal conditions! Brian Walke...

Shillingford - 6th Aug

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  Mating Willow Emerald in difficult light conditions 6 Willow Emerald (incl 2 mating pairs) on the Earth Trust land at SU589930 A few Azure...
Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Whitecross Green Wood - 5th Aug

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 Very disappointing count in three hours from 9am this morning: Migrant Hawker (immature male) 1 Migrant Hawker (imm male) 1 Brown Hawker (m...
Saturday, 2 August 2025

Whitecross Green Wood , 2 August

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Southern Migrant Hawker , 2 m Southern Hawker , 1 Brown Hawker , 1m, 1f ovipositing Emperor dragonfly, 1m, 1f ovipositing Common and Ruddy D...

Bodicote Reservoir. 2 August

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Common Blue Damsels 4 Azure Damsels 1 Southern Migrant Hawker 4 Emperor Dragonflies 1 Lesser Emperor (male )  1 Brown Hawker 2 Black Tailed ...

Blenheim, 2nd August

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Lesser Emperor - 1 male Emperor - 4 Migrant Hawker - 2 Brown Hawker - 6 Ruddy Darter - 1 Four-spotted Chaser - 1 Large numbers of Common Blu...
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...