Emperor dragonfly
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
The UK's smallest hawker, the Hairy dragonfly is mostly black in colour, but has a distinctively hairy thorax. It can be found in grazing marshes and flooded gravel pits, and along canals…
A voracious predator that will even eat other dragonflies, the golden-ringed dragonfly is the UK's longest species. It can be found around acidic streams in moorland and heathland habitats.…
The British Dragonfly Society (BDS) works in conjunction with Durham Wildlife Trust (DWT) to actively survey the region between the River Tees and the Tyne for Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies…
The wet weather during the summer of 2023 made for good dragonfly life-cycle conditions but meant that surveying the species was more challenging than usual. County Recorder, Michael Coates,…
Bryophyte walk at Castle Eden Dene, Sun. 24th November 2019, report by Lesley Hodgson
Each year in conjunction with the British Dragonfly Society (BDS), county recorder and Durham Wildlife Trust Trustee, Michael Coates, publishes an annual report summarising sightings in our region…
In 2020, the Durham Wildlife Trust annual Odonata survey (that’s Dragonflies and Damselflies) was run in conjunction with the British Dragonfly Society, with DWT Trustee Michael Coates, now also…
State of Dragonflies 2021 is the first ever state of dragonflies report to be produced for Britain and Ireland.