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BDS Scotland @ScotlandBds

The Scottish Twitter account of the British Dragonfly Society (BDS) - conserving dragonflies, damselflies and their wetland habitats since 1983.

Joined January 2019
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BDS Scotland @ScotlandBds
12 Jun 2025
We are closing down this account so please follow us on the new BDS UK account on Bluesky at bsky.app/profile/britishdrag… or join the BDS Scotland Volunteers and Supporters page on Facebook for all our latest news and events. facebook.com/groups/64825760… Thank you for your pics & support!
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Would you like to carry out Northern Damselfly surveys in the Cairngorms, Deeside or Perthshire & can commit to 3 site visits a year? If so, please join us on Saturday in Aviemore for a training day! 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 More info/ booking from Daniele on daniele.muir@british-dragonflies.org.uk
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BDS Scotland retweeted
Marc Heath @MarcHeathym007
17 Apr 2025
A walk at Westbere Lakes this afternoon in quite cloudy conditions produced just the 1 Large Red Damselfly. It's a start, I suppose! @BDSdragonflies @ScotlandBds @Britnatureguide @NatureUK #odonata #dragonfly
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More from our Conference on the 5th - Stephen Corcoran on peatland restoration at Corrour Estate, Dragonflies on the Bog officer Scott Shanks, a successful exuvia w.shop and our Conservation officer Jen Davidson on her work over the past year. #TeamDragonfly 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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What a fantastic day we had at our conference on Saturday - so many interesting talks, an exuviae workshop and lots of dragonfly chat! Thanks to all our speakers/ trainers & everyone else who came along to make it a success! Lots of photos to follow...
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Here is excellent Chair Jonathan Willet, MSP @lornaslater - Nature Champion for Northern Damselfly, Genevieve Tomkins on finding new popns. of our rarest species & Scottish Recorder Pat Batty on the success of new Azure Hawker breeding pools at Corrour Estate @NatureChampions
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Countdown to our conference on Saturday! Our wonderful Conservation officer Jen Davidson will showcase her work over the past year and exciting plans for the future - to infinity and beyond! Booking here: british-dragonflies.org.uk/e…
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Countdown to our conference in Perth on Saturday.... Pat Batty will be talking about the success of new White-faced Darter & Azure Hawker pools at Corrour Estate. Four days to go! Booking here: british-dragonflies.org.uk/e… Pls RT.
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Countdown to our conference on Saturday. Emma Stevens Veitch will be talking about her hunt for Northern Emerald larvae as part of her dissertation on habitat preference. 5 days to go! british-dragonflies.org.uk/e… Here's one at Beinn Eighe NNR - a fantastic site for rare Odonata 🐉
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We had a very successful meeting with @ForestryLS last week - all will be revealed at our conference in Perth on the 5th of April! There are still spaces so please come along for the latest dragonfly news, ID workshops and Odonata-chat - & it's free! british-dragonflies.org.uk/e…
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And not long until our conference in Perth too! Join us on April 5 for all the latest dragonfly happenings and meet our new staff.....all details here: british-dragonflies.org.uk/e… Thanks @MarcHeathym007 for your beautiful pics!

Marc Heath @MarcHeathym007
17 Mar 2025
It will soon be time to dust off those macro lenses as the odonata season is only a few weeks away...weather permitting. Can't wait to see the first Large Red Damselfly. @BDSdragonflies @ScotlandBds @Britnatureguide @NatureUK
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Thanks to all the brilliant volunteers who came to the Northern Damselfly pond management day with Atholl Estates Ranger Service at Guay Ponds last week. We found larvae, newts, toads & frogs and made a big difference to the ponds 🐸#volunteering #Cairngorms #NorthernDamselfly
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Monadh Mor near Tore and Abernethy NNR - both fantastic sites for rare dragonflies including White-faced Darters. There were no dragons at the weekend but we did see Crested tits!
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You can now book on our conference on the 5th of April - join us for exciting talks, dragonfly chat and more! british-dragonflies.org.uk/e…
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What an amazing picture @paulfraser84 - we can't wait to see them either. Only 9 weeks or so to go! 💚
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Another date for your diary, organised by David Hill of Butterfly Conservation. The Scottish Entomological Gathering will take place at Mar Lodge by Braemar from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd June 2025. The gathering will be a joint event with the Coleopterists Society. 1/3 thread
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3/3 Further afield there are also B&B, hotel and campsite options along the A93 at Ballater. If interested in attending, please book on docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Scottish Entomological Gathering (SEG) 2026

Please complete this form if you'd like to attend this year's Scottish Entomological Gathering at Barcaldine in North Argyll on Friday 19th to Sunday 21st June.

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National Trust for Scotland will be the hosts and there will have access to facilities at the lodge as a base for the weekend. For accommodation there are local hotels and B&Bs in Braemar as well as a hostel and campsite.
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Want to help the rare Northern Damselfly in #Perthshire on March the 6th? Join Atholl Estates #Rangers and the BDS to manage their pond habitat near #Pitlochry - please book your place here: cervistech.com/acts/console.… Please RT! 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉 #Cairngorms #Volunteering #TeamDragonfly
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BDS Scotland retweeted
Marc Heath @MarcHeathym007
13 Feb 2025
Common Blue Damselfly at sunrise from a few years ago. If you get the right weather, the colours can be amazing. Just reward for the early start. @BDSdragonflies @ScotlandBds @Britnatureguide @NatureUK #dragonfly #odonata #UKwildlife
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