Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
Status .....Abundant throughout the whole of Nottinghamshire. Frequently will turn up in the middle of woodland and urban gardens, even those apparently not located near any obvious water body.
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Photographed at Warsop Main Pit Top July 2017
 
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Photographed at Eakring Meadows May 2003
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Enallagma cyathigerum
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Richard Rogers. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Bob Merritt. Sherwood Forest Trust (2008 Oak Tree Heath invertebrate survey). Netherfield Wildlife Group. Pauline Bradford. Wil Heeney. Nottingham City Council. Darren Matthews. Peter Kirby (Bentinck Tip & Void Invertebrate survey 2007). Stuart Warrington. The National Trust (Clumber Park invertebrate records). Michael Craven. NBGRC. Lound Moth Group. Barry Lygo. David Shaw. Tom Shields. Brian Wetton.

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2024

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