Recording Your Sightings

If we are to properly conserve dragonflies, one of the most fundamental things we need to know is where they are, and how many we have. At the moment, our knowledge of dragonfly distribution reflects more about where dragonfly recorders go than it does about where the insects are.

This is where you come in! By submitting your observations to the county recorder, you are adding to our knowledge and helping to ensure that important sites are known and conserved

How?

Dragonfly sightings are recorded on a special form available for download as a PDF here (Adobe Reader needed) - with instructions on how to fill it in here. Once you have a batch of records, simply post them to:

Dr. Pam Taylor

Decoy Farm,

Decoy Rd,

Potter Heigham,

Norfolk,

NR29 5LX

It's not just the rare and unusual that needs recording. Every report helps build up a picture of what common species are doing, are they increasing?, are they in decline? This is all vital information for conservation work.

What Happens Next?

Records are uploaded from all dragonfly county recorders to the nbn gateway site, where you can check the distribution of species, not just of dragonflies but of any British wildlife, for any area. (You should note that rare species data is not publically available and you can confidently submit records.)