Record numbers of rare migrant dragonflies spotted in the UK
by Matthew Taylor from Environment | The Guardian on (#38Q34)
Conservationists believe global warming could be partly responsible for the influx of species such as the scarlet darter that have been seen this year
Record numbers of rare migrant dragonflies have been spotted in the UK this year, according to an analysis by volunteers from the Migrant Dragonfly Project.
The study recorded the first confirmed UK sighting of the scarlet darter for 13 years, at Longham Lakes in Dorset. It is only the eighth time this species has been spotted in Britain.
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