Brockholes Wetlands Dragonfly sightings: an independent web-site

This website which is run independently of Lancashire Wildlife Trust lists dragonfly sightings, mainly from 2009 onwards, made by a small group of observers at Brockholes Wetlands nature reserve, Lancashire. The reserve is owned by the Trust and comprises a series of pools, reed-beds, scrub, grassland and planted woodland, all on disused gravel workings. It covers an area of approximately 100 hectares and is centred at Grid Reference SD585308. We are grateful to the Trust for allowing us access.

Monday, 28 November 2011

Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)

Ruddy Darter at the Dragonfly pool, August 24, 2006. Photo: A Holmes

Very scarce, probably a vagrant

2006: 24/8: one male at the Dragonfly pool (first Brockholes record)

2008: 8/8: one male at the Dragonfly pool

2009-2013: no records

2014: 26/7: Dragonfly pool (1m, photo); 4/8: Dragonfly pool (1m, photo); 5/8: Dragonfly pool (1 mature male plus a probable female) [CP, JW. AH, BG & MF]

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Abbreviations for site localities (where used)

Dragonfly pool = DP; Meadow Pool = MP; No.1 pool = N1; N0.2 pool = N2; Quicksand pool south = QSS; Quicksand pool north = QSN, Fishing pool = FP; Allen's pool = AP; Boilton marsh = BM; Ribble Way & access road = RW; North-east, carpark & dipping pool areas = NE; M6 track area = M6T; Boilton Wood fringe = BWF.

See site map at the very bottom (left side)

Information provided includes: species, dates seen, location on the site (in the case of scarcer species), numbers, sex if recorded, breeding information, etc.

Monday, 28 November 2011

Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)

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