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Images tagged "Zygoptera (Damselflies)"

Willow Emerald - Chalcolestes viridis, Hatfield Moor.
Willow Emerald - Chalcolestes viridis, Potteric Carr.
Hoverfly - Eristalis sp., Potteric Carr.
Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Loversal Delph, Potteric Carr.
Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Loversall Delf, Potteric Carr.
Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula, River Idle, Bawtry (28 May 2026).
Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly (f), Carolina Way, Doncaster.
Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum, Potteric Carr (7/6/26).
Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly, Potteric Carr (7/6/26).
Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans, Potteric Carr (13/6/26).
Azure Damselfly - Coenagrion puella, Potteric Carr (14/6/26).
Azure Damselfly - Coenagrion puella, Potteric Carr (14/6/26).
Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans, Green Triangle, Doncaster July 5
Small Red-eyed Damselfly - Erythromma vieidulum, Danes Hill NR, July 13
Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Danes Hill NR, July 13
Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans, Danes Hill NR, July 13
Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum, Danes Hill NR, July 13
Azure Damselfly - Coenagrion puella, Danes Hill NR, July 13
Beautiful Damoiselle - Calopteryx virgo, Danes Hill NR, July 13
Emerald Damselfly - Lestes sponsa, Danes Hill NR, July 13
Banded Damoiselle - Calopyeryx splendens, Potteric Carr.
Banded Damoiselle - Calopteryx splendens (male), Denaby Ings.
Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans, Denaby Ings.

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 14th August 2026 to Hatfield Moor 12 August 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 7th August 2026 for Chesterfield Canal walk 31 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 27th July 2026 to Brookfield Park. 24 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026

Gallery

Goat Willow Catkin - Salix caprea (f), Hatfield Moor. Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), Anston Stones Wood.

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Hollow bee (2) Mossy Saxifrage (Saxifraga bryoides), Malham Tarn Nuthatch - Sitta europaea, Sherwood Forest. Roesel’s Bush-cricket (f) (Roeseliana roeselii). Red-legged Shieldbug - Pentatoma rufipes (killed by a fungus), Thorne Community Woodland. Ben Burrell observing with his 22cm reflector from his home in Doncaster (1930s) from McKim: Barker’s Circle: a 1930s BAA lunar observing group Orb weaver SK598995 Ring Main, Potteric Carr (06/05/2025). Angelena labyrinthica with grasshopper grey, Potteric Carr Grass Snake (Natrix natrix), Lindrick Common. Piezodorus lituratus - Gorse Shieldbug, Lindrick
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