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Azure Hawker

Aeshna caerulea

1,083Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
7Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr11
May156
Jun360
Jul368
Aug61
Sep68
Oct33
Nov5
Dec13

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,030
2Perth and Kinross Scotland25
3Argyll and Bute Scotland12
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland10
5North Yorkshire England2
6Angus Scotland2
7East Ayrshire Scotland1
2 England1,081 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,083
Peak month
July
Counties with records
7
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aeshna caerulea
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,078
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Aeshnidae
Genus
Aeshna
Name with authority
Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783)
Described
1783
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2143111 · GBIF 1425216