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Events at Rutland Water
Wild Walk - Dragonfly Walk at Cossington Meadows
Enjoy a Dragonfly Walk at Cossington Meadows with County Recorder Ian Merrill
Dragonfly Walk at Cossington Meadows
Join us for walk looking out for dragonflies and damselflies
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.
Mountsorrel & Rothley Marshes
This innovative reserve is part of the Soar Valley floodplain system. Originally agricultural fields, harvested for maize, grazed by cattle and used as grassland in their recent history, we are…
Golden-ringed dragonfly
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.…
Hairy dragonfly
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…
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Birdfair 2021 Update - Event Cancelled
An important update from the Birdfair team
Warty venus
This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.
News from Abroad
We have received some exciting news about one of our 2015 Manton Bay fledglings, S2(15)!