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Migrant Hawker

Aeshna mixta

82,033Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
112Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb15
Mar16
Apr12
May41
Jun264
Jul5,607
Aug30,912
Sep32,657
Oct10,309
Nov872
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England6,088
2Suffolk England5,025
3Kent England4,100
4Cambridgeshire England3,817
5East Riding of Yorkshire England2,834
6Northamptonshire England2,038
7Nottinghamshire England1,871
8Oxfordshire England1,763
9Lincolnshire England1,677
10Isle of Wight England1,414
11North Yorkshire England1,357
12Essex England1,343
13Devon England1,174
14Gloucestershire England1,150
15Somerset England1,125
78,681 England474 Scotland2,769 Wales58 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
82,033
Peak month
September
Counties with records
112
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aeshna mixta
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
81,080
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 mixta Latreille, 1805
Described
1805
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1193522 · GBIF 1425177