White-legged Damselfly only colonised Cheshire in 2007 and is still quite scarce. A good number were recently located on the Llangollen arm of the Shropshire Union canal near Swanley. It was a new species for me so when Mark P and Malc said they were going to try for them I decided to go with them - a nice little run out. With the weather forecast looking brighter in the afternoon we decided to meet around 13.00 and once we found the right place (!) the Damselflies were easy enough to find in the bank side vegetation and we saw at least a dozen individuals including 3 mating pairs.
As well as the White-legged we also saw several other species included Blue-tailed Damselfly and numerous Banded Demoiselle.
Unfortunately the Demoiselle's never came close enough to photograph with the macro lens!
We also recently made a trip to Delamere Forest to look for White-faced Darter and were fortunate enough to see 2-3 of this rare Cheshire species. They've been reintroduced into the Delamere lakes and seem to be slowly gaining a fragile foothold.
A search for Downy Emerald Dragonfly was less fruitful but we did get cracking views of Large Red Damselfly.
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