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Southern Damselfly

Coenagrion mercuriale

9,257Records since 2000
JunePeak month
9Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan64
Feb4
Mar2
Apr97
May547
Jun4,478
Jul3,584
Aug318
Sep41
Oct48
Nov47
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales2,454
2Devon England1,123
3Oxfordshire England785
4Dorset England585
5Swansea Wales409
6Isle of Anglesey Wales137
7Somerset England2
8Ceredigion Wales2
9Rotherham England1
6,255 England3,002 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,257
Peak month
June
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Coenagrion mercuriale
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,230
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Coenagrionidae
Genus
Coenagrion
Name with authority
Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840)
Described
1840
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q302116 · GBIF 1422012