Date |
Species |
Site and details |
Observer |
16 November |
2 Common Darters - probably the latest ever dragonfly
sighting in Oxon - unless anyone else has a later
record? |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
30 October |
c. 10 Common Darters |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
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Migrant Hawker (c)
David Hastings |
3 October |
Migrant Hawkers (4), Southern Hawkers (2) and 20+
Common Darters. |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
23 September |
Migrant Hawker (1) |
Pinkhill hide - Farmoor |
Stephen Burch |
22 September |
Migrant Hawker (1) - probably first site record, C
Darter (tandem pair) |
Milton Park - field to N |
Stephen Burch |
15 September |
Southern Hawker (1) |
Milton Park - field to N |
Stephen Burch |
13 September |
Ruddy Darter (10), Common Darter (3) and Southern
Hawker (1) |
Radley Lakes |
David Hastings |
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Common Darter (c) David Hastings |
6 September |
Small Red-eyed Damselfly (1),
Blue-tailed Damselfly (2), Southern Hawker (2), Common
Darter (9), Ruddy Darter (1) |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
David Hastings |

Migrant Hawker (c) Stephen Burch

Emerald Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch |
2 September |
Emerald Damselfly (1m), Small
Red-eyed Damselfly (10+), Migrant, Brown and
Southern Hawkers, Common & Ruddy Darters, Blue-tailed
Damsel |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Stephen Burch |
2 September |
Migrant Hawker (10+), Brown Hawker (1), Common Darter |
Pinkhill & Farmoor Reservoir |
Stephen Burch |
31 August |
18 Small Red-Eyed Damselflies,
1m Emerald Damselfly, 31 Common
Darter (11 pairs, most ovipositing in tandem, plus 9
individuals), 7 Ruddy Darter (one being devoured in
Garden Spider's web), 3 Migrant Hawker (2 m, 1 f), 1
Brown Hawker, 1 m Southern Hawker, 10+ Blue-Tails, 3
Common Blue, 1 (late) Azure |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Bill Haynes |
29 August |
1 maturing male Emerald Damselfly, 2
Southern Hawker (one male one female), 1 Brown Hawker,
1 male Migrant Hawker, 1 (relatively late) male
Black-Tailed Skimmer, 3 Common Darter (one pair in
tandem with female ovipositing), 4 Ruddy Darter (one
teneral), 11 Blue-Tailed Damsels (one pair copulating)
4 Common Blue Damsels (one pair copulating) |
Buscot Park Little Lake. SU241971 |
Bill Haynes |

Ruddy Darter (c) Stephen Burch |
26 August |
10+ Small Red-eyed Damsels, 3+
Migrant Hawker, 1 Brown Hawker, Common & Ruddy Darters |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Stephen Burch |

Migrant Hawker (c) Stephen Burch |
26 August |
2-3 Migrant Hawkers, 1 Brown Hawker, c 10+ Common
Darters, Blue-tailed Damselfly |
Pinkhill, Famoor |
Stephen Burch |
24 August |
1f Southern Hawker |
Milton Park (SU498922) |
Stephen Burch |

Migrant Hawker (c) David Hastings |
20 August |
2 Migrant Hawkers and 4 Common Darters. |
Farmoor |
David Hastings |
17 August |
3 Emerald Damsels (2 males 1 female,
one pair copulating), 21 Small Red-Eyes,
12+ Blue-Tailed Damsels & half-a-dozen Common Blues. 1
Brown Hawker, 1 male Emperor, 1 male Migrant
Hawker, 4 Ruddy Darter, 27+ Common Darter made up of
8 copulating pairs, 5 of which were ovipositing in
tandem, plus a minimum of 11 loners |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Bill Haynes |

Ruddy Darter (c) David Hastings |
16 August |
Southern Hawker (4), Brown Hawker (3), Ruddy Darter
(13+), Common Darter (8+) and Blue-tailed Damselfly
(2). |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
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Southern Hawker (c) David Hastings |
15 August |
20+ Migrant Hawkers, 3 Southern Hawkers, 2 Brown
Hawkers and 30+ Common Darters |
Whitecross Green Wood |
David Hastings |
14 August |
c. 6 Small Red-eyed Damselflies,
2 Emerald Damselflies, Common Blue
Damselfly & 1 Brown Hawker (ovipositing) |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Ian Smith |
18 July |
Belated record of another Variable Damselfly
seen and photographed. |
Dry Sandford Pit |
per Colin Williams at BBOWT, via Ian Smith |
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Brown Hawker (c) David Hastings |
8 August |
Common Darter (12+), Brown Hawker (2), Emperor
Dragonfly (3), Blue-tailed Damselfly (3) |
Farmoor |
David Hastings |
6 August |
Small Red eyed Damselflies. On
floating algal mats near wildlife zone. First known
record for VC23! |
Blenheim Park - on the River Glyme to the S of the
lakes - SP445150 |
Ian Smith |

Variable Damselfly (c) Ian Lewington |
18 June |
1 Variable Damselfly (belated record) |
Parsonage Moor |
Ian Lewington |
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Keeled Skimmer (c)
David Hastings |
6 August |
Southern Hawker 1, Migrant Hawker 2, Brown
Hawker 1, Keeled Skimmer 1, Common
Darter 4. |
Dry Sandford Pit |
David Hastings |

Small Red Damselfly (c)
David Hastings |
6 August |
Common Blue Damselfly 1, Small Red
Damselfly 2, Southern Hawker 1, Migrant
Hawker 1, Common Darter 6. |
Cothill Fen/Parsonage Moor |
David Hastings |

Small Red-eyed Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch |
6 August |
20+ Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 10+
Blue-tailed Damsels. 1 Brown Hawker, a few Common
Darter |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Stephen Burch |
5 August |
1 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 20+
Blue-tailed Damsels, 1+ Azure Damsel. 2 Emperor, one
ovipositing; 5+ Common Darter, inc one tandem pair
ovipositing. Brief visit curtailed by heavy rain! |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Stephen Burch |
3 August |
Migrant Hawker 1, Southern Hawker 3, Common Darter 3. |
Whitecross Green Wood |
David Hastings |
3 August |
Emerald Damselfly 1, Migrant Hawker
1, Brown Hawker 1, Southern Hawker 2, Ruddy Darter 6,
Common Darter 4. |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |

Common Darter (c) David Hastings

Brown Hawker (c) David Hastings |
1 August |
Common Blue Damselfly (4), Blue-tailed Damselfly (1),
Southern Hawker (2), Brown Hawker (1), Common Darter
(4). |
Farmoor |
David Hastings |
30 July |
c.60 Small Red-eyed Damselflies of
which c. 20 copulating and oviposting pairs |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Bill Haynes |
29 July |
Common Blue Damselfly (12+), Blue-tailed Damselfly
(2), Southern Hawker (1), Banded Demoiselle (1) and
Black-tailed Skimmer (2). |
Pit 60/Langley Lane |
David Hastings |
29 July |
c.20 Small Red-eyed Damselflies
several copulating and oviposting |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond |
Bill Haynes |
9 July |
1 Emerald Damselfly |
Coleshill Worsall Farm (private site) |
Bill Haynes |
8 July |
1 Emerald Damselfly |
Buscot Park Little Pond |
Bill Haynes |
1 July |
3 Small Red-eyed Damselflies |
Faringdon Folly Park Pond (SU294949) |
Bill Haynes |
21 June |
1 Downy Emerald |
Faringdon |
Bill Haynes |
25 July |
1 Brown Hawker |
Milton Park - along stream on N side (SU495920) |
Stephen Burch |
22 July |
1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 10+ Brown Hawkers, 1 Southern
Hawker, a Blue-tailed Damselfly plus a few
Common/Ruddy Darters |
Otmoor |
Stephen Kill |
22 July |
2+ Black-tailed Skimmer (one ovipositing), 1 Brown
Hawker, Common Blue Damselflies, |
Pit 60 & Langley Lane |
Stephen Burch |

Migrant Hawker (c) Barry Hudson |
18 July |
Migrant Hawker 1 immature female |
Bampton |
Barry Hudson |

Common Blue Damselfly in flight (c) Stephen Burch |
8 July |
5+ Red-eyed Damsels, 100s Common Blue Damsels, c. 10
Black-tailed Skimmer, 5+ Four-spotted Chasers, 2
Emperor, 1 Brown Hawker |
Tar Lakes |
Stephen Burch |

Airborne Small Red-eyed Damselfly (c) Martin Green |
17 July |
1 Small Red-eyed Damselfly |
Pond in front of closed Upper Reaches hotel, Abingdon
(SU499969) |
Martin Green |
8 July |
Black-tailed Skimmer (inc 1 ovipositing) |
Pit 60, Standlake |
Stephen Burch |
8 July |
50+ Common Blue Damsels, 2-3 Brown Hawker |
Langley Lane, Standlake |
Stephen Burch |

Black-tailed Skimmer (c)
David Hastings |
1 July |
7 Emperor Dragonfly, 2 Black-tailed Skimmer, 4 Brown
Hawker, 3 Ruddy Darter. |
Whitecross Green Wood |
David Hastings |
1 July |
2 Brown Hawker. |
Waterperry Wood |
David Hastings |
18 June |
3 Beautiful Demoiselles. |
Waterperry Wood |
David Hastings |
17 June |
250+ Common Blue Damselflies, 12+ Black-tailed
Skimmers, 7 Banded Demoiselles, 1 Brown Hawker |
Standlake Common |
David Hastings |
17 June |
c.15 White-legged Damselflies, Common
Blue, Blue-tailed, Red-eyed Damsels & 1 Emperor |
River Thames from Goring to railway bridge |
Stephen Burch |

Black-tailed Skimmer (teneral) (c) Peter Law

Hairy Dragonfly (c) Peter Law |
15 June |
3m Hairy Hawker, a teneral
Black-tailed Skimmer and 12+ Common Darter. |
Otmoor - Roman Road |
Peter Law |

Southern Hawker (c) David Hastings |
15 June |
Emperor Dragonfly 4, Southern Hawker 1, Broad-bodied
Chaser 1, Ruddy Darter 1, Beautiful Demoiselle
1 |
Whitecross Green Wood |
David Hastings |

Keeled Skimmer (c) Peter Law

Southern Damselfly (c) Peter Law |
14 June |
2m Keeled Skimmer and good numbers of
Southern Damselfly |
Dry Sandford Pit |
Peter Law |

Common Darter (c) Peter Law |
14 June |
3 teneral Common Darter & 1 teneral male
Keeled Skimmer |
Parsonage Moor |
Peter Law |
13 June |
1 Beautiful Demoiselle |
2 Streams near Aynho Wharf, SP502318. On border with
Northants |
John Curd, per iRecord |
4 June |
1 Hairy Dragonfly |
Whitecross Green Wood |
David Ferguson per Upper Thames Butterflies website |
4 June |
Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle. No
Clubtails. |
SU5694 |
Stephen Burch |
4 June |
Red-eyed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Banded
Demoiselle. No Clubtails. |
SU5693 |
Stephen Burch |

Southern Damselfly (c) David Hastings

Keeled Skimmer (c) David Hastings |
3 June |
4 teneral Keeled Skimmers and 2
Southern Damselflies |
Dry Sandford Pit |
David Hastings |
3 June |
Many Common Blue Damselflies, 8 Red-eyed Damselflies,
30+ Banded Demoiselles and 1 Four-spotted Chaser. No
Clubtails! |
SU5196 |
David Hastings |

Beautiful Demoiselle (c) Stephen Burch |
3 June |
1m & 1f Beautiful Demoiselle, 1m Banded Demoiselle,
numerous Azure Damselflies, Large Red
Damsels, 1 Blue-tailed Damsel, Red-eyed Damsels. 1
Hairy Dragonfly, 30+ Four-spotted Chasers, 2 teneral
Ruddy Darters |
Otmoor |
Stephen Burch |
2 June |
2 Downy Emeralds |
Otmoor |
Geoff Wyatt, per Pete Barker |


Hairy Dragonflies (top female, bottom, male) (c)
David Hastings

Beautiful Demoiselle (c) David Hastings |
30 May |
Azure Damselfly - 250+; Red-eyed Damselfly - 2; Large
Red Damselfly - 2; Blue-tailed Damselfly - 1;
Beautiful Demoiselle - 3;
Hairy Dragonfly - 2m,1f; Four-spotted Chaser
- 20+ |
Otmoor |
David Hastings |
28 May |
Banded Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly, Common Blue
Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Hairy
Dragonfly. |
Cholsey Marsh |
Paul Chandler, per his blog |

Hairy Dragonfly (c) Ewan Urquart |
28 May |
3 Hairy Dragonflies (2m & 1f
ovipositing) 2 Beautiful Demoiselle
m/f Plenty of Azure and Blue tailed Damselflies. |
Tim's Pool,
Trap Grounds |
Ewan Urquart |
28 May |
100s of Banded Demoiselles in total, present in
all monads: SP3300, SP3200,SP3100, SP3000, SP2900,
SU2999, SU2899. c. 50 Red-eyed Damselflies in SP3200
and SP2900. SP2900 also had 1 Emperor and 1
Four-spotted Chaser at one spot. No Clubtails again! |
Tadpole Bridge to Radcot |
Stephen Burch |

Common Blue Damselfly (c) Stephen Burch |
27 May |
100+ Banded Demoiselle (at SP304000; smaller numbers
between here & Radcot bridge), 10+ Common Blue Damsel
at SP295002, 1 Red-eyed Damselfly also at SP295002. No
Clubtails! |
East from Radcot bridge along the Thames |
Stephen Burch |


Broad-bodied Chaser and exuvia (c)
Tom Stevenson |
26 May |
3 exuviae on 25 May and one adult Broad-bodied Chaser
today |
Ewelme cress beds pond |
Tom Stevenson |
26 May |
1 Clubtail coming to Tim's Pool for
second day. Also 1m & 1f ovipositing Hairy
Dragonfly (first site record), 1m Emperor,
several dozen Azure Damselflies, 2 Blue-tailed
Damselflies, mating pair of Large Red Damselflies.
Also 1m Banded Demoiselle seen flying down Kingston
Road |
Trap Grounds |
Adam Hartley |
24 May |
4 Common Clubtail exuviae.
2 of these were attached to the wall of the bridge
abutment and 2 more in long grass at the top |
Goring Railway Bridge |
Peter Law |
22 May |
c. 7 Hairy Dragonflies (including 1 female)
and c. 7 Four-spotted Chaser, |
Otmoor |
Peter Law |
22 May |
1 Large Red and 5 Azure Damselflies |
Ewelme Cress Beds |
Tom Stevenson |

Azure Damselfly (c) Tom Stevenson |
21 May |
1 Azure Damselfly |
Millbrook Mead Nature Reserve |
Tom Stevenson |

Banded Demoiselle (c) David Hastings |
21 May |
10+ Azure Damselfly, 2+ Common Blue Damselfly,
5m & 4f Banded Demoiselle |
River Thames at SU515967 |
David Hastings |

female Hairy Dragonfly (c) Peter Law |
18 May |
3f & 1m Hairy Dragonflies and 2
Four-spotted Chasers |
Otmoor |
Peter Law |
18 May |
5m & 1f Banded Demoiselles |
Cholsey, south of Ferry Lane |
Suzanne Parrott |
15 May |
Hairy Dragonfly |
Otmoor |
Phil Cutt per iRecord |
14 May |
1 Clubtail |
Goring Railway Bridge |
Dominic Mackenzie per iRecord |
14 May |
50+ Banded Demoiselle |
Between Tadpole Bridge and Radcot Lock |
Stephen Burch |
14 May |
1 Clubtail adult |
On Thames path just W of Tadpole Bridge SP333003 |
Stephen Burch |
13 May |
c. 50 Azure Damselflies and 1 Large Red Damselfly |
Otmoor |
Martin Harvey per iRecord |

Banded Demoiselle (c) Stephen Darlington |
13 May |
1m & 1f Banded Demoiselle and 1 Large Red Damselfly |
Goring railway bridge area |
Stephen Darlington |
13 May |
1m Banded Demoiselle |
Just downstream of Goring railway bridge |
Stephen Burch |
13 May |
Clubtail exuviae: 3 in SU5980, 2 in
SU5979 and 6 in SU6079 |
Goring village to railway bridge |
Stephen Burch |
10 May |
4 Banded Demoiselles, 1 Blue tailed Damselfly,
1 Variable Damselfly. 1f Four spotted Chaser,
1 Hairy Dragonfly |
Barton Fields, Abingdon |
Martin Wackenier |
 Large
Red Damselfly (c) David Hastings |
2 May |
6 Large Red Damselflies. |
Dry Sandford Pit |
David Hastings |
1 May |
1f Banded Demoiselle |
River Thames at Cholsey |
Suzanne Parrott |

Variable Damselfly (c) Martin Wackenier |
29 April |
Variable Damselflies |
Barton Pool, Abingdon |
Martin Green & Martin Wackenier |
29 April |
An ill-formed teneral male Common Clubtail.
First 2017 Oxon record for the count! |
Abingdon Lock (SU506971) |
Bob Eeles |
22 April |
1 Hairy Dragonfly. Remarkably early
record! |
Otmoor |
Pete Roby per Oxon Wildlife Blog |
19 April |
2 Large Red Damselfly |
Otmoor (Roman Rd & on the bridleway near bridge to car
park field) |
Peter Law |