Pittswood Birds: Dragonflies/Damselflies Of Pittswood (photographs)

Below are the Odonata recorded at Pittswood to date

Damselfly Large Red Immature

Damselfly Large Red

Male Common Blue Damselfly

Female Common Blue Damselfly

Variable Damselfly Female

Red Eyed Damselfly

Blue Tailed Damselfly ( Female)

Blue Tailed Damselfly (Female, Rebescens Form)


Blue Tailed Damselfly (Female Violacea Form)

Azure Damselfly (Female)

Azure Damselfly Male

White Legged Damselfly Immature Male

White Legged Damselfly Male

White Legged Damselfly Female


White Legged Damselfly Immature Female

White Legged Damselfly Immature

Beautiful Demoiselle Female

Beautiful Demoiselle Immature Male

Banded Demoiselle

Black tailed Skimmer Male

Black Tailed Skimmer Immature

Broad Bodied Chaser Immature

Broad Bodied Chaser Female

Broad Bodied Chaser Male

Four Spotted Chaser

Southern Hawker

Migrant hawker

Brown Hawker

Emperor Dragonfly


Common Darter - Flight


Male and Female Common Darter


common Darter Male

Ruddy Darter Female

Ruddy Darter Male

Small Red Eyed Damselfly (Male)

Pittswood Species List for 2013 ( Patch Ticks In Caps)

1) Black bird. 2) Robin. 3) Magpie. 4) Jackdaw. 5) Herring Gull. 6) Woodpigeon. 7) Goldfinch. 8) Wren. 9) Kestrel. 10) Green Woodpecker. 11) Meadow Pipit. 12) Linnet. 13) Pied Wagtail. 14) Songthrush. 15) Great Tit. 16) Dunnock. 17) Chaffinch. 18) Blue Tit. 19) Great Spotted Woodpecker. 20) Mallard. 21) Coot. 22) Long Tailed Tit. 23) Coal Tit. 24) Moorhen. 25) Mistlethrush. 26) Goldcrest. 27) Collared Dove. 28) Jay. 29) Bullfinch. 30) Sparrowhawk. 31) Lesser Black Backed Gull. 32) Nuthatch. 33) Treecreeper. 34) Stock dove. 35) Carrion Crow. 36) Starling. 37) Siskin. 38) Little Owl. 39) Little Egret. 40) Rook. 41) House Sparrow. 42) Lesser Redpoll. 43) Fieldfare. 44) Yellowhammer. 45)Black Headed Gull. 46) Cormorant. 47) Redwing. 48) Canada Goose. 49) Greenfinch. 50) Gadwall. 51) Marsh tit. 52) Greylag Goose. 53) Pheasant . 54) Common Buzzard. 55) Tawny Owl. 56) Kingfisher. 57) Mute Swan. 58) Great Black Backed Gull. 59) Common Gull. 60) Lapwing. 61) Grey heron. 62) Peregrine Falcon. 63) Skylark. 64) Jack Snipe. 65) Reed Bunting. 66) Woodcock. 67) Common Snipe. 68) Teal. 69) Barnacle Goose. 70) Goosander. 71) Waxwing. 72) Mediterranean Gull. 73) Blackcap. 74) Wigeon. 75) Barn Owl. 76) Mandarin Duck. 77) Grey Wagtail. 78) Chiffchaff. 79) Egyptian Goose. 80) Swallow. 81) Common Tern. 82) House Martin. 83) Brambling. 84) Wheatear. 85) Marsh Harrier. 86) Willow Warbler. 87) Whitethroat. 88) Cuckoo. 89) Hobby. 90) Yellow Wagtail. 91) Reed Warbler. 92) Lesser Whitethroat. 93) Swift. 94) Turtle Dove. 95) Red Kite. 96) Hen Harrier. 97) Spotted Flycatcher.