From the National Forum for Biological Recording Nominations have opened for the 2018 UK Awards for Biological Recording and Information Sharing, with a closing date of 31st July 2018. This is an excellent opportunity to promote the painstaking work of recording groups and individual recorders across the UK. Developed in 2015 by the National...
The Met. Office reckoned it was the warmest and sunniest May on record; it was also dry with measurable rainfall on only eight days. Forecasts of torrential thunder-storms came day after day during the last week but all we got were a couple of brief showers on 30th and 31st. The duneland water-table therefore fell...
The Beautiful Demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo, is a Damselfly native to the UK and occurs in Cheshire and Cumbria. However, there are currently no verified records of this species for North Merseyside (see The LCFS ‘The Dragonflies of Lancashire and North Merseyside‘, 2015 for further info). All Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) are considered local conservation priority...
Information and photo credit Dr Phil Smith, Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) have been spotted at Ainsdale Sandhills Local Nature Reserve not farm from the Ainsdale Discovery Centre. This species is found infrequently. Largely considered a migrant but with some breeding populations in the UK, considered unstable by the British Dragonfly Society. Phil discovered three males basking on bare...