Dragonflies and damselflies are part of the insect order known as the Odonata. Shropshire has a new county recorder for Odonata Sue McLamb, who is looking to establish an informal Shropshire Odonata group. The aim is to organise some field excursions to study the dragonflies and dameselflies of Shropshire and produce an an annual newsletter. Anyone  interested in taking part is asked  to contact Sue through the email address below.

The publication listed below provides reasonably up to date information on Shropshire dragonflies including maps of sightings and key identification features. It is available from the Shropshire Botanical Society (www.bsbi.org.uk/html/shropshire.html):

Dragonflies of Shropshire, 1995. Lockton, Bellis, Cheeseborough & Whild, 1996 (reprinted 2003). Price: £5 £1 p&p (in UK).

Maps of known dragonfly sightings are now available from this web site. 

Click here to view the MAPS.

For further information try the British Dragonfly Society web site (www.dragonflysoc.org.uk )

Conservation of these magnificent insects requires accurate information on where they are found.  If you have made records of dragonflies please send them to Sue McLamb at mclamb1@btinternet.com. Be sure to include:

Who - The name of the person who saw it and if someone else identified it, include their name.

What - The name of the species you have seen

Where - The name, and ideally the grid reference of the place you saw it

When - The date you saw it