Emperor dragonfly
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
The emperor dragonfly is an impressively large and colourful dragonfly of ponds, lakes, canals and flooded gravel pits. It flies between June and August and even eats its prey on the wing.
The UK's smallest hawker, the Hairy dragonfly is mostly black in colour, but has a distinctively hairy thorax. It can be found in grazing marshes and flooded gravel pits, and along canals…
Autumn is the best time of year for finding unexpected jewels and magical moments; migrating birds pass overhead, calling noisily, or appear in hedgerows, mists shroud our woodlands in mystery,…
A voracious predator that will even eat other dragonflies, the golden-ringed dragonfly is the UK's longest species. It can be found around acidic streams in moorland and heathland habitats.…
Nature is amazing and we want to tell everyone! Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is creating a county rich in wildlife and we need passionate, inspiring volunteers to help people to develop a connection…
Nature is amazing and we want to tell everyone! Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is creating a county rich in wildlife and we need passionate, inspiring volunteers to help people to develop a connection…
From pond dippping and building bug hotels to helping to run educational sessions with local schools such as bat walks and bush craft workshops for the families. No two days are ever the same for…
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have released this year’s programme of wild events designed to get everyone – no matter where they live or how much experience they have with our natural world – out into…