Worcestershire Record No. 26 April 2009 pp. 32-33
Mike Averill
2009 is the second year of recording for the 2008-2012 Atlas and below are the records for Worcestershire so far. They come from 381 site visits where 660 species records were made. Nil records are included to show the species that have been recorded before and should be found in the coming years.
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Dragonfly Records in 2008 |
Records |
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Scientific name |
Common name |
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1 |
Calopteryx virgo |
Beautiful Demoiselle |
12 |
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2 |
Calopteryx splendens |
Banded Demoiselle |
44 |
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3 |
Lestes sponsa |
Emerald Damselfly |
6 |
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4 |
Platycnemis pennipes |
White-legged Damselfly |
30 |
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5 |
Pyrrhosoma nymphula |
Large Red Damselfly |
31 |
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6 |
Ischnura elegans |
Blue-tailed Damselfly |
91 |
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7 |
Enallagma cyathigerum |
Common Blue Damselfly |
54 |
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8 |
Coenagrion puella |
Azure Damselfly |
42 |
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9 |
Erythromma najas |
Red-eyed Damselfly |
14 |
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10 |
Erythromma viridulum |
Small Red-eyed Damselfly |
1 |
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11 |
Gomphus vulgatissimus |
Club-tailed Dragonfly |
9 |
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12 |
Aeshna juncea |
Common Hawker |
0 |
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13 |
Aeshna grandis |
Brown Hawker |
33 |
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14 |
Aeshna cyanea |
Southern Hawker |
40 |
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15 |
Aeshna mixta |
Migrant Hawker |
25 |
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16 |
Anax imperator |
Emperor Dragonfly |
37 |
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17 |
Cordulegaster boltonii |
Golden-ringed Dragonfly |
2 |
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18 |
Libellula depressa |
Broad-bodied Chaser |
17 |
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19 |
Libellula fulva |
Scarce Chaser |
10 |
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20 |
Libellula quadrimaculata |
Four-spotted Chaser |
10 |
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21 |
Orthetrum cancellatum |
Black-tailed Skimmer |
36 |
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22 |
Sympetrum striolatum |
Common Darter |
90 |
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23 |
Sympetrum fonscolombii |
Red-veined Darter |
0 |
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24 |
Sympetrum flaveolum |
Yellow-winged Darter |
0 |
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25 |
Sympetrum sanguineum |
Ruddy Darter |
25 |
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26 |
Sympetrum danae |
Black Darter |
1 |
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27 |
Anax parthenope |
Lesser Emperor |
0 |
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Total |
660 |
Table 1 shows the number of dragonfly records collected in 2008
The map shows the number of species that have been recorded at various locations and clearly show the gaps where there are no records as yet and also where there are only a few records so far. Please send your records to me, mike.averill@environment-agency.gov.uk As usual a simple e-mail containing date, NGR, location and species are the minimum but any breeding activity adds a lot to the record, particularly emergence, pairing or egg laying. Number estimates are useful as well. If you would prefer to use a spreadsheet I can send you one.
Coming soon is web based recording system so have a look at the British dragonfly Society recording web page for news of recording on line at http://www.dragonflysoc.org.uk/recording.html
If you are wondering how to get a good representative species list for a site then usually three visits, one in late May, one in late June/early July and August get a good coverage.
Map showing dragonfly records collected in 2008 in Worcestershire VC37. Many gaps to fill.
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