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Yellow-winged darter

Sympetrum flaveolum

294Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
25Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun19
Jul167
Aug87
Sep11
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England124
2Suffolk England22
3Kent England15
4Cambridgeshire England13
5East Riding of Yorkshire England10
6Lincolnshire England7
7North Yorkshire England6
8Sefton England6
9Cheshire East England4
10Isle of Wight England3
11Wakefield England3
12Oxfordshire England2
13Essex England2
14Powys Wales2
15Carmarthenshire Wales2
286 England1 Scotland7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
294
Peak month
July
Counties with records
25
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Sympetrum flaveolum
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
295
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Libellulidae
Genus
Sympetrum
Name with authority
Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q387616 · GBIF 1428248