Guided walk discovering damselflies & dragonflies on the Northmoor Trust Estate
Join this guided walk to learn more about the rare damselflies and dragonflies that breed on the Northmoor Trust Estate.
Date: Sunday 27th July
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Location: Meet at Little Wittenham Church
Cost: Adults £4, children under 16 and Friends FREE
Booking: Booking essential: Please call 01865 407792 to reserve your place.
At least 21 species of damselfly and dragonfly have been recorded on the Little Wittenham Nature Reserve on the Northmoor Trust Estate.
This is one of the reasons why the reserve has been designated as a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).
Two nationally scarce species, the Club-tailed Dragonfly and the White-legged Damselfly breed in the river Thames bordering the reserve.
Adults of both species find the reserve an important source of food and can be seen in good numbers.
Within Britain, the Club-tailed Dragonfly is mainly confined to slow moving silty rivers with some gravels. Although locally common along the Thames and Severn valleys, it is virtually absent from the rest of Britain and scarce throughout Europe.
It is a large yellowish and black species that can be seen in June. The White-legged Damselfly occurs more widely across the UK, but is more thinly spread. It appears later in the year and is often abundant in many parts of the reserve.
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