Several people have posted dragonfly sightings recently prompting me to post some information about progress.

Below is a list of Rossendale tetrads showing the number of species recorded last year per tetrad. Some of the tetrads have been surveyed in good detail and have species lists of 8 - 10. probably the best we can expect in our upland area.  Other tetrads have smaller species lists and need further attention to see if other species are present.  Rather more have no records at all and would benefit from a series of visits over the next 3 years or so.  

2007 was not a particularly good year for dragonfly recording owing to the poor weather so the fact that we have such a good species list is quite encouraging.  Hopefully this year's weather will be better.

The methodology is not too time consuming: visiting suitable waters about once a month around noon in nice sunny weather between now and October, should enable all the dragonfly / damselfly species present to be picked up. 

Please take a look at the list below and see if there are any tetrads you could help with this year.  (Clicking on the tetrad number will open an OS map showing that tetrad.)

Tetrad	Location	No of Species
SD71D	Turtone & Entwistle Res
SD71E	Cranberry Moss
SD71H	Jumbles
SD71I	Wayoh
SD71J	Aushaw Moss
SD71N	Edgworth
SD71P	Edgworth Moor
SD71U	Bull Hill
SD71Z	Strongstry	10
SD72K	Causeway Height
SD72L	Clough Head Quarry	1
SD72M	Oswaldtwistle Moor
SD72Q	Tor Hill
SD72R	Hutch Bank Quarry	8
SD72S	Thirteen Stone Hill
SD72V	Ewood Bridge	8
SD72W	Haslingden
SD72X	Acre	5
SD72Y	Mitchell's House Res
SD72Z	Hameldon Common
SD81D	Harden Clough	1
SD81E	Plunge	4
SD81J	Scout Moor
SD81U	Whitworth Lower End Moor	4
SD81Y	Rushy Hill
SD81Z	Facit	1
SD82A	Balladen	5
SD82B	Rawtenstall
SD82C	Crawshawbooth
SD82D	Loveclough	5
SD82E	Hameldon Hill
SD82F	Cowpe Lowe	8
SD82G	Higher Cloughfold
SD82H	Swinshaw Moor	3
SD82I	Meadow Head	1
SD82J	Nutshaw Hill	6
SD82K	Brandwood Moor	8
SD82L	The Hile
SD82M	Dean
SD82N	Clough Bottom Res
SD82P	Crown Point
SD82Q	Lee Quarry	6
SD82R	Bacup
SD82S	Weir	3
SD82T	Deerplay Moor
SD82U	Holme Chapel
SD82V	Shawforth	3
SD82W	Reaps Moss
SD82X	Sharneyford
SD82Y	Ratten Clough Wood, Cliviger
SD82Z	Shedden Clough