Red eyes at Leg O'Mutton an Paddock Dam

About 8 Red-eyed Damselflies at Leg O'Mutton Dam, and about another 5 at Paddock Dam today. Also Brown Hawker and Emperor Dragonfly. These 2 dams are next to Taylor Park and are probably the only reliable sites in St Helens for Red-eyed Damselflies, though they have also been recorded in the Sankey Valley.



Red-eyed Damselflies are a lily pad loving species. They are annoyingly difficult to photograph because they will insist on sitting out on a lily pad in the middle of a lake. They never seem to choose the plants nearest the shore! Apart from having red eyes, they also seem to have more bulbous eyes than other damselflies, which are quite obvious even in flight.