The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Not very up on Dragonflies, but was watching a big one flying around my garden tonight whose main colour was a bright green. Can anyone help me id it please?

Southern Hawker?

Does the name imply it's only usually found down south?

It's pretty common roughly below the Wash and more local further north, extending to N Yorks with a few outposts in Scotland. Its flight period is mid July to Sept. They like woodland clearings and rides and often come to gardens presumably because some have similar qualities

John

On the subject of Dragonfly ID , whilst walking around a local wood looking for butterflies I came across a really large dragonfly coming
up the ride.Not being a dragonfly expert I took a few notes and made a rough sketch... matching up in a field guide at home it seems to fit the
species Golden ringed dragonfly , the distribution map however shows a complete absence from the midlands and the east of the countryand also confirms habitat as streams .
The thorax and abdomen black with yellow diagonal bands , wings a dark colour .The abdominal segments appeared black with a white patch on the top of each segment.
Only other similar species looks like an immature southern hawker , these appear to have clear wings though ?? Any suggestions ?

Brown Hawker----can look dark and the only obvious large species with dark wing colouration--Golden Ringed is a species of bog moorland and acid heaths never recorded in Lincs as far as I am aware and not a wandering species