Dragonflies and damselflies
Find the best places to see dragonflies and damselflies, where to look, and how to tell the difference between the two.
Search
An introduction to dragonflies and damselflies
This link will open on the Kent Wildlife Trust website.
Learn about the life cycles and habitats of dragonflies and aids to identification. Then participate in a field study of adult dragonflies.
Identifying Dragonflies and Damselflies at Attenborough Nature Reserve
This link will open on the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust website.
Join invertebrate expert Dave Goddard on a Dragonfly and Damselfly ID course suitable for all abilities at Attenborough Nature Reserve.
New report reveals hedgehogs, yellowhammers and dragonflies at risk post-EU Exit
New report reveals that there are no clear plans on how regulation gaps will be plugged to protect nature.
Golden-ringed dragonfly
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.…
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.
Hairy dragonfly
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…
Rhos Fiddle
This link will open on the Shropshire Wildlife Trust website.
Wet heath, good for dragonflies and bog plants
Llyn Fanod
This link will open on the South and West Wales Wildlife Trust website.
A natural upland lake, especially good for dragonflies and damselflies
Parsonage Moor
This link will open on the BBOWT website.
A fenland wilderness rich in botanical gems, moths and dragonflies.
Werndryd
This link will open on the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust website.
Dragonflies, butterflies and insects love this boggy nature reserve.
Practical Conservation Task Day - Letchmire Pastures
This link will open on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website.
Would you like to get involved in some outdoor conservation work?
Join us for a practical task day at Letchmire Pastures Nature Reserve. This reclaimed colliery site now hosts meadows and a…