News: southern damselfly

Rare damselfly discovered at Hampshire nature reserve

Rare damselfly discovered for the first time at St Clair's Meadow Nature Reserve

Friday 11 September 2026

A rare species of damselfly has been discovered for the first time at St Clair's Meadow Nature Reserve near Soberton, Southampton. The sighting of southern damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale)…

30 Days Wild (7)
action asylum (2)
AGM (1)
Arcadian (1)
Associated British Ports (1)
Atlantic Salmon (1)
Awards (9)
Be Plant Wise (1)
Beavers (11)
Birds (19)
Blashford Lakes (2)
BNG (6)
butterfly moth (1)
Campaigns (23)
chalk habitat (1)
chalk river (1)
chalk stream (1)
chalk stream challenge (1)
Children and nature (7)
Climate & Nature Emergency (10)
Commemorations (1)
commoning (1)
Community (3)
Deborah Whitfield (1)
devolution (2)
Dibden Bay (1)
Duxmore (2)
eastern yar (1)
engagement (1)
english devolution (1)
family (1)
Farming (4)
fish (1)
Fundraising (8)
Habitat (1)
Habitat Bank (1)
heather (1)
Hook Common and Bartley Heath Nature Reserve (1)
invasive species (9)
Invertebrates (1)
ISDP (1)
Isle of Wight (5)
Itchen Salmon Development Plan (1)
ladybird (1)
Land and landscape (1)
livestock (1)
Marine (41)
Marwell Zoo (1)
mayoral strategic authority (2)
migration (1)
Migratory Birds (2)
moths (1)
National Highways (1)
national lottery (2)
national lottery heritage fund (1)
nature positive portsmouth (1)
Nature recovery network (1)
Nature reserves (41)
NBS (6)
Network for Nature (1)
New Forest (4)
new forest commoners (1)
New Forest National Park Authority (1)
nitrate neutrality (1)
Non-native plants (1)
pamber forest (2)
People (24)
People and nature (2)
People taking action for nature (2)
Petersfield (1)
Planning (1)
Planning and development (21)
Planning and Infrastructure Bill (2)
plants (1)
policy (28)
policy (607 (2)
Pollution (3)
Portsmouth City of Sanctuary (1)
Rare Species (1)
Reintroduction (2)
Reports & Publications (3)
restoration (1)
rewilding (3)
River Itchen (1)
River Meon (2)
river test (1)
Rivers and streams (57)
sand martin (1)
Save our Chalk Streams (12)
SDNPA (1)
Seagrass (9)
seagrass meadows (3)
seagrass restoration project (3)
Secrets of the Solent (22)
Site Updates (23)
Solent Gateway 2 (1)
Solent Seascape Project (4)
Southern Chalkstreams Project (1)
southern damselfly (1)
Species Survival Fund (2)
St Catherine's Hill (2)
St Clair's Meadow Nature Reserve (2)
Staff (7)
steps (1)
Team Wilder (24)
Test Valley (1)
Testwood Lakes (4)
The National Lottery Climate Action Fund (1)
The National Lottery Community Fund (1)
The Solent (1)
Things to see and do (21)
Tipner (6)
trees (2)
volunteer (1)
Volunteering (5)
wading birds (1)
Watercress and Winterbournes (35)
wetlands (1)
White-clawed crayfish (6)
Wilder (15)
wilder awards (1)
Wilder Duxmore (1)
Wilder Portsmouth (2)
Wilder School (2)
Wilder Seas (3)
Wilder Southampton (2)
wilder wight (16)
wildflower (2)
Wildlife (11)
Wildlife and Conservation (24)
Wildlife Supporter (8)
Winnall Moors (1)
wooded heath (1)

See all news articles

RSS

News: southern damselfly

Rare damselfly discovered for the first time at St Clair's Meadow Nature Reserve

Topics

Tags

Find out more

Support us