When it is recorded
Jan6
Feb2
Mar10
Apr20
May605
Jun5,242
Jul8,558
Aug3,625
Sep531
Oct17
Nov1
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 1,981 | |
| 2 | Devon | England | 1,603 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | England | 1,258 | |
| 4 | Bracknell Forest | England | 1,026 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 941 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 932 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 882 | |
| 8 | Cumbria | England | 554 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 551 | |
| 10 | Surrey | England | 499 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 416 | |
| 12 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 410 | |
| 13 | Kent | England | 349 | |
| 14 | Gwynedd | Wales | 287 | |
| 15 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 271 |
14,452 England968 Scotland3,401 Wales12 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 18,845
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 48
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Orthetrum coerulescens
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 18,507
- Most recorded in
- Pembrokeshire, Devon, Cornwall, Bracknell Forest, Dorset, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Highland, Argyll and Bute +14
- Conservation designations
- Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Genus
- Orthetrum
- Name with authority
- Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
- Described
- 1798
- Contributing datasets
- 27
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1746600 · GBIF 1428583