When it is recorded
Jan4
Feb10
Mar26
Apr193
May9,500
Jun15,663
Jul8,916
Aug5,355
Sep782
Oct25
Nov27
Dec6
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 3,030 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 2,221 | |
| 3 | Northamptonshire | England | 1,959 | |
| 4 | Bedford | England | 1,820 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,812 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 1,781 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 1,100 | |
| 8 | Gloucestershire | England | 908 | |
| 9 | West Berkshire | England | 898 | |
| 10 | Milton Keynes | England | 888 | |
| 11 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 827 | |
| 12 | Surrey | England | 809 | |
| 13 | Devon | England | 800 | |
| 14 | Nottinghamshire | England | 756 | |
| 15 | Lincolnshire | England | 711 |
40,466 England475 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 40,953
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 62
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Erythromma najas
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 40,547
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedford, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Kent, Gloucestershire, West Berkshire, Milton Keynes, East Riding of Yorkshire, Surrey +20
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Genus
- Erythromma
- Name with authority
- Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
- Described
- 1823
- Contributing datasets
- 19
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q177833 · GBIF 1423018