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Southern Migrant Hawker

Aeshna affinis

1,948Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
29Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun169
Jul859
Aug802
Sep115
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England471
2Kent England215
3Cambridgeshire England201
4Suffolk England132
5Norfolk England90
6Oxfordshire England90
7Cornwall England75
8Medway England60
9Dorset England55
10Gloucestershire England50
11Thurrock England27
12Somerset England25
13Isle of Wight England21
14East Riding of Yorkshire England15
15Lincolnshire England10
1,923 England25 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,948
Peak month
July
Counties with records
29
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aeshna affinis
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,915
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Aeshnidae
Genus
Aeshna
Name with authority
Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
Described
1820
Contributing datasets
2

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1413966 · GBIF 1425203