Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Britain & Ireland Dragonfly List Showing Records 1 through 28 of 28 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Lee Gregory British 46 All UK Resident Breeders exc. Irish Damsel. Vagrants; Green Darner, Willow Emerald , Southern Emerald, Lesser Emporer, Vagrant Darter. 2 John Dixon British 46 Last addition Willow Emerald Damselfly at Staverton Lakes - cracking views and pix after a longish wait with them on far side of pond. 3 Dave Horton English 46 All regular breeding species except Irish Damselfly, Rarities include, Green Darner, Lesser Emperor, Red Veined, Yellow winged and Vagrant Darter, Southern Emerald Damselfly Latest: Willow Emerald August 2009 4 Paul Whiteman UK 44 Added Willow Emerald 08/09 (m&f) at Staverton Lake. Azure Hawker & Northern Emerald 07/09, Only need Highland Darter now. Didn't go for Green Darner...sadly. No intention of going abroad for Irish Damselfly. 5 Neil Payne British 44 As Dave Horton but with no vagrant darter. (on holiday when they showed up in Gt.Yarmouth). Latest: southern emerald damsel. 6 Steve Riley UK 43 Latest: Lesser Emperor, nr. Southport July 2006 7 Chris Hazell British 43 Lesser Emperor, Southern Emerald Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly 8 Howard Parsons British 43 Vagrant Darter, Gt. Yarmouth 5-8-95. Still to see Highland Darter & Southern Emerald - hopefully next year. 9 Richard Eden British (Northants) 43 Willow Emerald Damselfly (Staverton Lake, Suffolk, 16/8/09), Small Red-eyed Damselfly (Beds, Aug 2001) 10 Matthew Deans British 42 Green Darner, Lesser Emperor; Vagrant, Red-veined & Yellow-winged Darters & Small Red-eyed Damsel. Still require Azure Hawker, Northern Emerald and Irish Damsel. 11 Mick Watts English 42 Azure Hawker 10/07/09 Glen Affric 12 peter garbutt english 41 club tailed dragonfly in cheshire,end of may,2006 13 Ivan Lakin Devon 40 Just regular rares - Lesser Emperor, Small R-e Dam and Red-v Darter. Only missing N Emerald and Irish Dam of regular breeders. 14 Mike Watson British 40 Northern Damselfly July 2007 15 P. J. Doyle Irish 39 Azure Hawker (2 sites), Northern Emerald (3 sites), White faced Darter (4 sites), Lesser Emperor (3 sites), Red veined Darter (3 sites), Brilliant Emerald (4 sites). Latest: Scarce Chaser & Clubtail. 16 Paul Clack British 39 All the residents, but lacking any real rares as yet. Latest addition Small Red-eyed Damsel, Kent, Aug 2001 17 Oscar British Blond 38 only rarity is Lesser Emperor. Club-tails added May 09, Highland Darter, Northern Damselfly, Northern Emerald and the stunning Azure Hawker added July 09 18 Alex Scott English 38 19 Richie M*ores U.K 38 Yellow-winged Darter, Lesser Emperor and Red-veined Darter 20 Paul Woolnough English 37 England only. Willow emerald damselfly new 2009. Scarce blue-tailed damselfly and white-faced darter the two English species I need 21 Perry Smale English 37 Scarce Emerald Damselfly on 08. 07. 07 at Thompson Common. 22 Ryan Frost English 37 Green Darner, Vagrant Emperor, Lesser Emperor, Red Veined Darter 23 Julian Thomas British 36 Rarities: Lesser Emperor (3, including finding one in my home county 24/7/04) , Red-veined Darter. Still need several breeders (Scotland/Ireland). 24 Tony Conway British 34 Latest Lesser Emperor still need 7 regulars, only rarity Red-veined Darter Ovi-positing at local Patch,found a new area for Black-tailed Skimmers in Sefton Dunes. 25 Bob Stinger English 33 Rares Y W Darter aldcliffe 30/07/06, Green Darner,R V Darter & Lesser Emperor 26 Danny Cooper widerscope's pirate 30 9.8 Red-Veined Darter at Drift res cornwall. Yellow-Winged Darter at Hickling Broad, Norfolk. 7 new this year so far(06). 27 Richie Moores British 29 Racking up the self-found rares at the minute with Yellow-winged Darter at winterton Dunes last August, Red-veined Darter at Marazion Marsh. Gimme some rare! Still need 13 breeders, might go and see them this year. 28 Harry Hussey Irish 22 Still not been to see Scarce Blue-tailed, Scarce Emerald Damselflies and Downy, Northern Emeralds. Self-found Lesser Emperors (x3) and Red-veined Darter the best. Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home