Harbour Dragonfly & Damselfly List
The following is thought to be a complete list of all the Damselflies & Dragonflies to have been recorded in Christchurch Harbour. If you know of any others, however, please contact us…
| Beautiful Demoiselle | Calopteryx virgo | First record 1996. Recent records 2018, 2023 & 2024 | ||
| Banded Demoiselle | Calopteryx splendens | Annual Stanpit Occasional Hengistbury | ||
| Emerald Damselfly | Lestes sponsa | Annual Lily Pond | ||
| Willow Emerald Damselfly | Chalcolestes viridis | First Harbour record 2022. 9 together in 2023 (1 female) and 7 together in 2024 (2 female) | ||
| Large Red Damselfly | Pyrrhosoma nymphula | Annual Lily Pond | ||
| Small Red Damselfly | Ceriagrion tenellum | 2020, 2023 & 2024 | ||
| White-legged Damselfly | Platycnemis pennipes | Last record 1991, recent records 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2026 | ||
| Azure Damselfly | Coenagrion puella | Annual | ||
| Common Blue Damselfly | Enallagma cyathigerum | Annual | ||
| Blue-tailed Damselfly | Ischnura elegans | Annual | ||
| Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly | Ischnura pumilio | Last record 1983 Recently 2023 & 2024 | ||
| Red-eyed Damselfly | Erythromma najas | Annual Quarry Pond | ||
| Small Red-eyed Damselfly | Erythromma viridulum | First record 2021 Second 2022. 43 adults seen 2023 | ||
| Hairy Dragonfly | Brachytron pratense | Annual Lily Pond & Stanpit 2023 & 2024 | ||
| Common Hawker | Aeshna juncea | 2018 & 4 seen 2023 | ||
| Migrant Hawker | Aeshna mixta | Annual | ||
| Southern Migrant Hawker | Aeshna affinis | First record 2021 Wick bridge, second July 2026 by the Hiker | ||
| Southern Hawker | Aeshna cyanea | Annual | ||
| Brown Hawker | Aeshna grandis | Annual | ||
| Emperor | Anax imperator | Annual | ||
| Lesser Emperor | Anax parthenope | First record 2022 Quarry Pond, 5 seen 2023 | ||
| Golden-ringed Dragonfly | Cordulegaster boltonii | Two old records. First recent record 2022 1 seen 2023, 2024 & 2026 | ||
| Downy Emerald | Cordulia aenea | Two old records 1990 and 1992. Recently 2022 & 2024 | ||
| Four-spotted Chaser | Libellula quadrimaculata | Annual Lily Pond. Ashtree Meadows 2021 | ||
| Broad-bodied Chaser | Libellula depressa | Annual | ||
| Scarce Chaser | Libellula fulva | Old records 1969, 1972, 1979 1996 and 1997. Recently 2022, 2023 & 2024. | ||
| Black-tailed Skimmer | Orthetrum cancellatum | Annual Quarry Pond. Stanpit 2018-2024 | ||
| Keeled Skimmer | Orthetrum coerulescens | A few old records. Recently 2021 and 2022 2 at Quarry pond 2023 | ||
| Black Darter | Sympetrum danae | Nine old records 1971-1985 also 1996, 1998 and most recently 2022 | ||
| Common Darter | Sympetrum striolatum | Annual | ||
| Ruddy Darter | Sympetrum sanguineum | Old records 1979, 1982-84, 1987, 1989-91. First recent record 2022 Also 2023 & 2024 | ||
| Red-veined Darter | Sympetrum fonscolombii | Old records 1987, 1998, 2012 and recently 2019 | ||
| Yellow-winged Darter | Sympetrum flaveolum | Only record : three individuals at Priory Marsh on 30 August 1995 |
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