welcome note


On this blog you will be able to share sightings of Dragonflies and Damselflies within the recording area of VC41. However, sightings further afield will be welcome on this site also. To become an author of this blog please register by sending an email to vc41dragonfly@gmail.com and an invite will be sent to you. Alternatively if you want to record your sightings on this blog but do not wish to register then please email sightings with or without photos to the above address and they can be published for you. Please continue to record your sightings through the correct channels and details of these can be found above.

VC41 Glamorgan List

Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Common Winter Damselfly/Brown Emerald (Sympecma fusca)
Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa)
White-legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura pumilio)
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Southern Damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale)
Variable Damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum)
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas)
Small Red Damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum)

Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)
Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea)
Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis)
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta)
Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)
Lesser Emperor Dragonfly (Anax parthenope)
Vagrant Emperor  (Hemianx ephippiger)
Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii)
Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea)
Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa)
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens)
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)
Yellow-winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
Black Darter (Sympetrum danae)