Lesser Emperor Dragonfly seen in Rochdale

The truly magnificent Lesser Emperor dragonfly Anax parthenope has been recorded in Carlisle recently and at a reclaimed nature site in Naseby
The BBC 4 News at 5.55 today had a Natural History reporter saying it had been seen in several places.

Here is a photo Lord Patel was lucky to get when it was observed in Syke, Rochdale, last week. It has also been observed elsewhere in Rochdale in recent days. By far the largest dragonfly you will in the UK see it hovers fairly high and over a wide area. Like an Israeli UAV drone.

The Dragonfly society record it "Rare but currently annual migrant. First recorded 1996, Gloucestershire; has bred in Cornwall."

http://www.dragonflysoc.org.uk