Category: freshwater-i

  • Broad-bodied Chaser

    Broad-bodied Chaser

    Windmill Farm is a haven for dragon- and damselflies, including species such as this Broad-bodied Chaser. Photo: Dougy Wright

  • Migrant Hawker

    Migrant Hawker

    This dragonfly species is on the wing well into the autumn, and can often be seen away from the ponds where it breeds. Photo: Ray Surridge

  • Keeled Skimmer

    Keeled Skimmer

    Keeled Skimmers can be spotted near the pools at Higher Bochym in summer. Photo: Kate Dalziel

  • Beautiful Demoiselle

    Beautiful Demoiselle

    Beautiful Demoiselle damselflies are on the wing from early summer until the early autumn. Photo: © Natural England/Chris Gomersall

  • Common Darter

    Common Darter

    The Common Darter is one of our latest-flying dragonflies: it is on the wing into October, and even November in warmer autumns. Photo: © Natural England/Paul Lacey

  • Red-veined Darter

    Red-veined Darter

    Windmill Farm is a good place to see Red-veined Darters, a relatively scarce summer migrant to the UK.  Photo: Dougy Wright

  • Four-spotted Chaser

    Four-spotted Chaser

    A common sight in the summer, watch out for the darting, hovering flight of the Four-spotted Chaser dragonfly. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

  • Gold-ringed Dragonfly

    Gold-ringed Dragonfly

    Gold-ringed Dragonflies have a mostly western distribution in the UK. Photo: Peter Wood