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Species

Dragonflies

A male southern migrant hawker perched on a grass stem. It's a blue and black dragonfly with dazzlingly blue eyes

Southern migrant hawker

A downy emerald dragonfly perched on pondside vegetation

Downy emerald

Four-spotted Chaser

Four-spotted chaser

Broad-bodied Chaser

Broad-bodied chaser

Black-tailed Skimmer male

Black-tailed skimmer

Common Darter male

Common darter

Black Darter

Black darter

Keeled Skimmer

Keeled skimmer

Common Clubtail

Common clubtail

A photo of a dragonfly with a blue wavy box overlaid at the bottom which has the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust logo in the bottom left corner and the text "Herts Rivers Week"

Hairy dragonfly

Common Hawker

Common Hawker

Migrant Hawker

Migrant hawker

Southern Hawker

Southern hawker

Brown Hawker

Brown hawker

Norfolk Hawker

Norfolk hawker

Emperor Dragonfly

Emperor dragonfly

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Golden-ringed dragonfly

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