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Urban Nature Club at Walthamstow Wetlands: Dazzling Dragonflies
A fun dragonfly-themed workshop for 6-12 year olds with creative, interactive activities.
Urban Nature Club at Woodberry Wetlands: Dazzling Dragonflies
A fun dragonfly-themed workshop for 6-12 year olds with creative, interactive activities.
Urban Nature Club at Camley Street Natural Park: Dazzling Dragonflies
A fun dragonfly-themed workshop for 6-12 year olds with creative, interactive activities.
Golden-ringed dragonfly
A voracious predator that will even eat other dragonflies, the golden-ringed dragonfly is the UK's longest species. It can be found around acidic streams in moorland and heathland habitats.…
Emperor dragonfly
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.
Hairy dragonfly
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…
Ponds help Dragonfly Detectives crack the case
Garden ponds prove fruitful for London Wildlife Trust’s citizen science survey of dragonflies and damselflies
Common blue damselfly
Living up to its name the Common blue damselfly is both very common and very blue. It regularly visits gardens - try digging a wildlife-friendly pond to attract damselflies and dragonflies.
Azure damselfly
The Azure damselfly is a pale blue, small damselfly that is commonly found around most waterbodies from May to September. Try digging a wildlife pond in your garden to attract damselflies and…
How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.
Hobby
Look out for the swift-like shape of the hobby as it darts over heathlands and wetlands in summer. They are keen hunters, chasing and catching fast-flying dragonflies and small birds on the wing…