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Downy Emerald

Cordulia aenea

6,965Records since 2000
JunePeak month
27Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr119
May2,805
Jun3,067
Jul729
Aug75
Sep19
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England580
2Kent England350
3West Berkshire England341
4Devon England336
5Bracknell Forest England331
6Gloucestershire England309
7Highland Scotland286
8Cumbria England281
9Oxfordshire England241
10Dorset England212
11Northamptonshire England136
12Norfolk England124
13Isle of Wight England96
14Argyll and Bute Scotland70
15Worcestershire England69
6,467 England385 Scotland113 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,965
Peak month
June
Counties with records
27
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cordulia aenea
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,887
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Corduliidae
Genus
Cordulia
Name with authority
Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1394260 · GBIF 1429717