Date |
Species |
Site and details |
Observer |
20
November |
1 Common Darter |
Lollingdon, nr Cholsey (SU576853) |
Paul Chandler (belated record) |
14
November |
1 Migrant Hawker - getting very late now! |
Milton Park |
Stephen Burch |
1
November |
A couple of dozen Common Darters |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
19
October |
20+ Common Darters and 3+ Migrant Hawkers |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
19
October |
2+ Common Darters |
Buckland Warren (SU340959) |
Stephen Burch |
Various
dates 2 July to 24 August |
Small red-eyed Damselfly (varying
numbers from 1 to 5). Other records from this site
during 2014 include Banded Demoiselle, up to 27
Red-eyed Damselflies, Azure, Common Blue and
Blue-tailed Damsels. Also Migrant, Brown & Southern
Hawkers, Emperor, Broad-bodied Chasers, Black-tailed
Skimmers, Common and Ruddy Darters. |
Folly Park, Faringdon |
Bill Haynes |
3 October |
1 Migrant Hawker and a few Common/Ruddy Darters |
Lagoon at Harwell Laboratory |
Stephen Burch |
28
September |
Migrant Hawkers and 1 Southern Hawker at the southern
end of Thrupp Lake. Common Blue Damselflies, more
Migrant Hawkers, and Common and Ruddy Darters at
Orchard Lake. |
Radley Lakes |
David Hastings |
Migrant Hawker (c) Stephen Burch |
27
September |
3+ Migrant Hawkers, Common Darters |
Shellingford Pit |
Stephen Burch |
27
September |
1+ Migrant Hawkers, Common Darters |
Pit 60, Standlake Common |
Stephen Burch |
Migrant Hawker (c) Barry Hudson |
22
September |
Several Migrant Hawker pairs & 1 Common Damselfly |
Baulking Quarry |
Barry Hudson |
21
September |
About 30 Common Darters and about 10 Migrant Hawkers. |
Farmoor - by R Thames |
David Hastings |
Common Darter (c) Barry Hudson |
16
September |
Common Blue Damselfly, Ruddy and Common Darters |
Baulking Quarry (SU323908) |
Barry Hudson |
6
September |
2-3 Migrant Hawkers |
Farmoor |
Stephen Burch |
Common Darter (c) Stephen Burch |
31 August |
10+ Small red-eyed Damsels still, 1
Banded Demoiselle, a few Common Blue and Blue-tailed
Damsels, 20+ Migrant Hawkers, 50+ Common Darters |
Shellingford Pit |
Stephen Burch |
Migrant Hawker (c) David Hastings |
31 August |
8 Migrant Hawkers, 2 Brown Hawkers, 1 Southern Hawker,
and 10+ Common Darters |
Farmoor |
David Hastings |
28 August |
100+ darters, mostly Common. Also 1 one Banded
Demoiselle, 1 Common Blue Damselfly , 25+Migrant
Hawkers, 7 Brown Hawkers and 1 Southern Hawker. |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
Migrant Hawker (c) David Hastings |
24 August |
1 Migrant Hawker and 9 Common Darters |
Dry Sandford Pit |
David Hastings |
24 August |
1 Migrant Hawker, 2 Brown Hawkers, 5 Keeled
Skimmers and 11 Common Darters. |
Parsonage Moor/Cothill Fen |
David Hastings |
Small Red Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch |
16 August |
10+ Small red Damselfies, 10+ Keeled Skimmers |
Cothill Fen NNR |
Stephen Burch |
16 August |
20+ Migrant Hawkers, Common/Ruddy Darters |
Otmoor |
Stephen Burch |
15 August |
24+ Small-red eyed Damselflies |
Shellingford Pit |
Barry Hudson |
9 August |
2 Migrant Hawkers (my first of the year) |
Shrike Meadow hide - Farmoor |
Stephen Burch |
3 August |
One Common Emerald Damselfly, three Blue-tailed
Damselflies, two Common Blue Damselflies, one Migrant
Hawker, nine Brown Hawkers, three Southern Hawkers,
one Emperor Dragonfly, one Broad-bodied Chaser, at
least fifty Ruddy Darters and at least twenty Common
Darters |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
3 August |
Southern Damselflies, 1 Small Red Damselfly.
Brown Hawker and 6 Keeled Skimmers. |
Parsonage Moor |
Mike Pollard, per his
blog |
3 August |
1 Southern Damselfly and 2
Keeled Skimmers |
Dry Sandford Pit |
Mike Pollard, per his
blog |
Small-red eyed Damselflies (c) Stephen Burch |
3 August |
20+ Small-red eyed Damselflies,
Common Blue Damsels, Blue-tailed Damsels, 1 tatty
Emperor, 2 Brown Hawker, many Black-tailed Skimmer,
Common Darter |
Shellingford Pit |
Stephen Burch |
Ruddy Darter with more extensive yellow on wings
than normal (c) Phil Kirk |
27 July |
1 Ruddy Darter with more extensive yellow on wings
than normal - see above. This was initially thought to
be a very rare Yellow Winged Darter, but after
consulting with Richard Lewington the view is that
this is just an immature Ruddy Darter, due to the
heavy black markings on the abdomen, its black legs
(which are yellow striped on Yellow Winged) and its
dark pterostigma (brown on Yellow Winged). Others
beware! |
Otmoor |
Phil Kirk |
Small-red eyed Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch |
26 July |
2+ Emerald Damselflies, 5+
Small-red eyed Damselflies, 1 Banded
Demoiselle, Common Blue & Blue tailed Damselflies. 2+
Emperors, 1 Brown Hawker. Numerous Black-tailed
Skimmers, 2+ Four-spotted Chasers, Ruddy Darters. |
Shellingford Pit |
Stephen Burch |
25 July |
1 Banded Demoiselle |
Milton Park - field to the N of the park. |
Stephen Burch |
24 July |
Common Blue Damselfly, Blue Tailed Damselfly, Red Eyed
Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Southern Hawker, Brown
Hawker, Four Spotted Chaser, Black Tailed Skimmer,
Common Darter, Ruddy Darter. |
Radley Lakes |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
22 July |
2 Brown Hawkers |
Milton Park |
Stephen Burch |
Ruddy Darter (c) David Hastings |
20 July |
Blue-tailed Damselflies, Common Blue Damselflies, four
Brown Hawkers, one (immature) Southern Hawker, and
masses of Ruddy Darters |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
19 July |
Common Blue Damselflies and two Black-tailed Skimmers |
Hinksey Lake |
David Hastings |
19 July |
Banded Demoiselles, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common
Blue Damselflies, and one Brown Hawker |
River Cherwell in Oxford |
David Hastings |
Ruddy Darter (c)
Ewan Urquhart |
18 July |
Ruddy Darter 100+, Emperor Dragonfly 3m, Black tailed
Skimmer 3 [2 m 1f], Brown Hawker 11, Azure Damselfly
3, Blue tailed Damselfly 5, Common Emerald
Damselfly 1m |
Otmoor - bridleway from Noke to the Wetland Watch Hide |
Ewan Urquhart |
15 July |
1 male Black-tailed Skimmer, 2 Brown Hawkers. Good mix
of Common Blue, Blue-tailed and Red-eyed Damselflies. |
Port Meadow |
Adam Hartley |
14 July |
20+ Black-tailed Skimmer, 5+ Common/Ruddy Darter, 3
Emperor, 5+ Emerald Damselfly, 2
Red-eyed Damselfly, 3 Small Red-eyed
Damselfly. Lots of Common Blue and
Blue-tailed Damselflies |
Shellingford Pit |
Adam Hartley |
Banded Demoiselle (c)
Ewan Urquhart |
13 July |
20+ Banded Demoiselle |
River Evenlode at Kingham |
Ewan Urquhart |
10 July |
2 Banded Demoiselles, 1 Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Brown
Hawkers and 1 Common Darter. |
Marston Meadows |
David Hastings |
7 July |
Banded Demoiselle, Common Blue Damselfly, Azure
Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly |
River Cherwell - Upper Cherwell Valley |
Gareth Blockley |
7 July |
Banded Demoiselle |
Oxford Canal - Upper Cherwell Valley |
Gareth Blockley |
7 July |
Emperor Dragonfly, Blue-tailed Skimmer, Common
Darter, probable Four-spotted Chaser, Common Blue
Damselfly (100s if not 1000+), Blue-tailed Damselfly,
Red-eyed Damselfly. |
Unnamed pool -Upper Cherwell Valley |
Gareth Blockley |
6 July |
1 Common Blue Damselfly, 4 Emperors, 5 Brown Hawkers,
1 Southern Hawker, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, and at
least 25 teneral and 1 mature Ruddy Darters. |
Whitecross Green Wood |
David Hastings |
Scarce Chaser (c) Terry Sherlock |
6 July |
SCARCE CHASER (1m) - first confirmed
record for Oxon |
Otmoor - between the corner and the second screen |
Sherlock,Badger,Bark per the OBL. |
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4 July |
Brown Hawker 2 - one of which caught a skipper sp.,
Emperor Dragonfly 1 -also hunting skippers, Southern
Hawker 1 and Ruddy Darter 1. |
Bernwood Forest |
Ewan Urquhart |
3 July |
1 Southern Hawker |
Milton Park - field to N |
Stephen Burch |
An unusual
Beautiful Demoiselle (c) Peter Law |
3 July |
An unusual
Beautiful Demoiselle |
Bernwood Forest |
Peter Law |
30 June |
Large numbers of Banded Demoiselle |
Seacourt Stream by Wytham Mill |
Lynn Ebbs |
30 June |
Banded Demoiselle 3, Emerald Damselfly 6+,
Common Blue Damselfly 1000+, Azure Damselfly 2, Blue
Tailed Damselfly 10+, Red Eyed Damselfly 20+, Emperor
Dragonfly 6+, Southern Hawker 2, Brown Hawker 6+, Four
Spotted Chaser 8+, Black Tailed Skimmer 10+, Ruddy
Darter 15+ |
Radley Lakes |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
Keeled Skimmer (c) Ewan Urquhart |
29 June |
Keeled Skimmer |
Parsonage Moor |
Ewan Urquhart |
28 June |
3 Brown Hawker, 1 Emperor, good numbers of
Black-tailed Skimmer, Ruddy and Common Darter. 1
female Banded Demoiselle, 1 Emerald Damselfy, numbers
of Common Blue, Azure and Blue-tailed Damselflies. |
Radley Lakes - between pit H / I and Thames. |
Peter Law |
26 June |
Brown Hawker, Broad Bodied Chaser, Ruddy Darter |
Bernwood Forest |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
25 June |
2 Emperors |
Lagoon at Harwell Laboratory |
Stephen Burch |
24 June |
Common Blue Damselfly, 5 Southern Damselfly,
Large Red Damselfly, 10+
Small Red Damselfly, Four Spotted Chaser,
6 Keeled Skimmer, 3 Common Darter |
Parsonage Moor/Cothill Fen |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
24 June |
Southern Damselfly |
Dry Sandford Pit |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
Ruddy Darter (c) David Hastings |
15 June |
1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Emperor and 3 teneral Ruddy
Darters |
Whitecross Green Wood |
David Hastings |
Broad-bodied Chaser (c) David Hastings |
14 June |
2 Large Red Damselflies, 8 Southern
Damselflies, three Common Blue Damselflies,
one teneral Broad-bodied Chaser and one Keeled
Skimmer. |
Dry Sandford Pit |
David Hastings |
14 June |
Red-eyed, Common Blue, Blue-tailed and Azure
Damselflies. Downy Emerald in NW
corner. Also Emperor, Four spotted
Chaser, Ruddy Darter, & Black-tailed Skimmer. |
Radley Lakes |
Ian Smith, per
Oxon Bird Log |
14 June |
3 Brown Hawker along bank to south of H/I pit, where
there were dozens of Common Darter and a few Ruddy
Darters. Several Emperor, Black-tailed Skimmer and
Four-spotted Chaser on and around pit between H/I and
Thames. Also Red-eyed Damselfly. Good numbers of
Common Blue, Azure Damselfly and some Blue-tailed. |
Radley Lakes |
Peter Law |
Common Blue Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch |
14 June |
Many Common, Azure and Blue-tailed Damsels. 1 Brown
Hawker & 1 Broad-bodied Chaser |
Otmoor |
Stephen Burch |
Emerald Damselfly (c) Peter Law |
13 June |
Azure, Blue-tailed, and Emerald Damselfly |
Otmoor, Roman Road |
Peter Law |
13 June |
Club-tailed Dragonfly at SP477095 on
Seacourt Stream. Also Broad-bodied Chaser on Wytham
Mill pool looks and Seacourt Eye SP470100 had 3-4
Emperors, Four Spotted Chasers, and a probable
Hairy Dragonfly. |
Wolvercote |
Jeremy Dexter, per the
Oxon Wildlife blog |
Four spotted Chaser (c)
Appleton Wildlife Dairy |
12 June |
Hundreds of blue damselflies, 1 probable f. Beautiful Demoiselle and 1 Four spotted
chaser. |
West Oxfordshire sailing club lake, near Standlake. |
Appleton Wildlife Dairy |
Emperor (c) Peter Law |
11 June |
1f Emperor on the large pond at Noke end, 10+
Four-spotted Chaser and good numbers of Blue-tailed
and other blue Damselflies. |
Otmoor |
Peter Law |
Beautiful Demoiselle (c) Mike Flemming |
10 June |
Loads of 'blue' damsels, Beautiful Demoiselle,
Four-spot Chaser, and Broad-bodied Chaser. |
Whitecross Green Wood |
Mike Flemming |
Black-tailed Skimmer (c) David Hastings |
10 June |
Teneral Black-tailed Skimmer |
North Abingdon garden |
David Hastings |
9 June |
3 Large Red Damselflies |
Dry Sandford Pit |
David Hastings |
Southern Damselfly (c) David Hastings |
9 June |
6 Large Red Damselflies, 4m Southern
Damselflies, 4 Common Blue Damselflies, fiv5e
Four-spotted Chasers and 1 immature Keeled
Skimmer. |
Parsonage Moor |
David Hastings |
Broad-bodied Chaser (c) Appleton Wildlife Diary |
8 June |
2 Broad-bodied Chasers |
Besselsleigh wood |
Appleton Wildlife Dairy |
Broad-bodied Chaser (c)
Martin Wackenier |
8 June |
2 Broad-bodied Chasers and Black-tailed Skimmer |
River Thames at Abingdon upstream from Barton Fields |
Martin Wackenier |
8 June |
2 Beautiful Demoiselle, Azure
Damselfly, 5+ Hairy Dragonflies along
the rides, 3 Emperor Dragonflies - 2 males,1 Female, 1
Teneral Ruddy Darter. |
Whitecross Green Wood |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
7 June |
Many Banded Demoiselles, 1 imm Black-tailed Skimmer,
but no sign of any Club-tails or Hairies. (+1 Cetti's
Warbler singing) |
River Thames at Abingdon upstream from Barton Fields |
Stephen Burch |
6 June |
2 teneral Ruddy Darters |
Otmoor |
Brian Walker |
5 June |
Azure Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue Tailed
Damselfly inc "Rufescens" and "Violacea"forms, Red
Eyed Damselfly, 4 Four Spotted Chaser, 2 Black Tailed
Skimmer. |
Radley Lakes |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
5 June |
1 male Beautiful Demoiselle and 2
Banded Demoiselles |
Marston Meadows, Oxford |
David Hastings |
Club-tailed Dragonfly (c) Martin Wackenier
Hairy Dragonfly (c) Martin Wackenier
Four-spotted Chaser (c) Martin Wackenier |
5 June |
1 Club-tailed Dragonfly, 1
Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Four spotted Chaser |
Abingdon, just past Barton Fields SU516967 |
Martin Wackenier |
1 June |
3 Large Red Damselflies |
Dry Sandford Pit |
David Hastings |
White-legged Damselfly (c) David Hastings
Banded Demoiselle (c) David Hastings |
1 June |
About 25 Banded Demoiselles and one
White-legged Damselfly. One Club-tail
exuvia on the bridge. |
River Thames near Goring railway bridge |
David Hastings |
1 June |
Beautiful Demoiselle - 1 at the
eastern end of the bridleway. Also in that area were
several each of Hairy Dragonfly and
Four-spotted Chaser, and an array of common
damselflies. |
Otmoor |
Peter Law |
29 May |
1 Downy Emerald |
Otmoor |
Paul Greenaway, per the
Oxon Wildlife blog |
26 May |
A remarkably early record of Southern Hawker |
Headington |
Peter Barker, per the
Oxon Wildlife blog |
25 May |
2 Downy Emeralds |
Otmoor |
Peter Barker, per the
Otmoor blog |
Red-eyed Damselfly (c) David Hastings
Four Spotted Chaser (c) David Hastings |
25 May |
A few Azure Damselflies, 2 Four-spotted Chasers, and 3
immature Emperors |
Whitecross Green Wood. |
David Hastings |
25 May |
5 Large Red Damselflies, 100+ Azure Damselflies, 2
Blue-tailed Damselflies, 4 Red-eyed Damselflies,
1 Hairy Dragonfly and at least 13
Four-spotted Chasers at Otmoor, |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
24 May |
A few Azure Damselflies. |
Farmoor (Pinkhill) |
David Hastings |
Large Red Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch |
18 May |
c.100 Azure Damselflies, 20+ Large Red Damselflies |
The Lagoon, Harwell Laboratory SU478869 |
Stephen Burch |
18 May |
20+ Banded Demoiselles |
River Thames between Culham Lock & Sutton Courteney
SU508946 |
Stephen Burch |
18 May |
1 Large Red Damselfly and 1 Broad-bodied Chaser |
Bessels Leigh Woods,
Appleton |
Alex |
17 May |
2 Large Red Damselflies and 1 Broad-bodied Chaser |
Dry Sandford Pit |
David Hastings |
17 May |
1 Broad Bodied Chaser (imm) |
Shellingford Pit |
Stephen Burch |
Banded Demoiselle (c) Stephen Burch |
17 May |
100's of Banded Demoiselles but no Club-tails. |
River Thames south of Cholsey Marsh. SU595849 |
Stephen Burch |
16 May |
Banded Demoiselle |
River Ock near Abingdon Tescos. SU481967 |
SDH |
15 May |
4 Hairy Dragonflies seen today along
the dyke between the new hide and Noke. 6+ Four
Spotted Chasers. Lots of Azure Damsels around also a
few Large Red Damsels and Blue tailed Damsels. |
Otmoor |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
14 May |
Downy Emerald briefly in a private
garden |
Kingston Bagpuize |
Wayne Bull |
12 May |
Broad-bodied Chaser |
University Parks, Oxford |
David Hastings |
9 & 10
May |
Hairy Dragonfly, Downy Emerald,
Four-spotted Chaser |
Otmoor (Bridleway & Roman Road) |
Peter Barker per
Otmoor birding |
5 May |
2 Hairy
Dragonflies along the rides. |
Whitecross Green BBOWT Reserve |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
3 May |
Azure &
Large Red Damselflies. Four-spotted Chaser &
Hairy Dragonfly. |
Otmoor - Roman Road |
Jonathan Crouch |
Large Red Damselfly (c) Peter Law |
29 April |
6 Large
Red Damsels, 2 female Azure Damselflies on Roman
Road. 2 Blue Tailed Damsels on the main Bridleway. |
Otmoor |
Wayne Bull, per his
blog |
24 April |
Large Red
Damselfly - at least 6. |
Otmoor, Roman Road |
Peter Law |
Large Red Damselfly (c) David Hastings |
17 April |
Large Red
Damselfly |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
27
February |
A tantalising account of a large dragonfly on the
wing, incredibly early in the season. For further
details see the BDS
latest sightings web page. The possibility of it
being a Vagrant Hawker has been
mentioned! |
Pucketty Farm, Littleworth, Faringdon |
Jane Corley
per Martin Corley |