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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Orthetrum cancellatum""

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…dragonflies has been observed in the wood, for example the black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum, keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens and banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens. The nightingale, with 1520 breeding pairs, is prominent among the outstanding range of birds at…

Town Common

…d downy emerald Cordulia aenea, both nationally scarce and black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum, another local species. Other insect groups strongly associated with lowland heathland have been little studied at this site, but the available records indicate a significant int…

Bourne Valley

…species use the acidic bog pools and wet heath seepages, notably keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens and small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum which is nationally scarce. For others, including golden-ringed damselfly Cordulegaster boltonii and large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma n…

Pyllau Machynys (Machynys Ponds)

…s, are virtually confined to parts of the south coast -the black-tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum, the ruddy darter Sympetrum sanguineum and the migrant hawker Aeshna mixta. The variable damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum is another species that has been recorded; it is extremel…

Goonhilly Downs

…ed damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the nationally scarce black-tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum. The heathland attracts other invertebrates. Four RDB (*) fly species Fannia latipalpis, Tipula grisescens, Urophora spoliata and Myopa extricata and seventeen regionally scarce …

Wylde Moor, Feckenham

…he four spotted libellula Libellula quadrimaculata and the black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum and is therefore one of the best sites for dragonflies in the county. This is one of the few sites in the county where snipe Gallinago gallinago still breed, albeit in small numb…

Longmoor Bog

…s recorded include Anax imperator, Aeshna cyanea, A. juncea, Cordulia aenea and Orthetrum cancellatum. Waved black Parascotia fuliginaria and marbled white spot Cithacodia pygarga moths have been recorded and large nests of the wood ant Formica rufa are found in the drier parts o…

River Wye (Lower Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Isaf)

…s vulgatissimus. Through the middle reaches of the river the black-tail skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum breeds on the north western edge of its distribution. The thick emergent fringes of vegetation on the banks provide cover and breeding habitat for the white-legged damselfly Plat…

North Meadow, Cricklade

…dge, although several such as brown hawker Aeshna grandis, black tailer skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum and the ruddy darter Sympetrum sanguineum also feed over the meadow.

Grimley Brick Pits

… including the red eyed damselfly Erythromma najas and the black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum, both extremely local in Worcestershire. All the pits are locally important for their wintering wildfowl. They also support a rich breeding community, which includes the kingfish…

Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths

… These include the broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa, black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum, large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula and the golden ringed dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii which is local in southern England. The dry heathland areas support the nationall…

Heath Lake

…and other animals. Dragonflies include Aeshna grandis, Sympetrum striolatum and Orthetrum cancellatum. A small island is used by some of the lake's breeding birds, which include great crested grebe.

River Wye

…vulgatissimus. Through the middle reaches of the river the black tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum breeds on the north western edge of its distribution. The thick emergent fringes of vegetation on the banks provide cover and breeding habitat for the white legged damselfly Plat…

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