White-faced darter monitoring
Come and help us monitor this rare species that has been reintroduced to sites in Cumbria. You don’t have to be a wildlife expert, anyone can get involved!
Come and help us monitor this rare species that has been reintroduced to sites in Cumbria. You don’t have to be a wildlife expert, anyone can get involved!
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The Common darter is a red, narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen throughout summer and autumn. It is hovers around all kinds of waterbodies, darting out to surprise its prey.
The Black darter is a black, narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen throughout summer and autumn. It is hovers around damp moors, heaths and bogs, darting out to surprise its prey.
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
Looking for dragonfly and damselfly nymphs in the ponds. We also hope to find adult dragonflies and damselflies too!
Join us at a Wilder Cumbria meet-up!
Are you looking to get up close and personal with one of the country’s most rare dragonfly species? If so, come and help us!
The UK's smallest hawker, the Hairy dragonfly is mostly black in colour, but has a distinctively hairy thorax. It can be found in grazing marshes and flooded gravel pits, and along canals…
Are you looking to get up close and personal with one of the country’s most rare dragonfly species? If so, come and help us with an afternoon of monitoring at a site close by!