British Dragonfly Society
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox organization The British Dragonfly Society is a conservation organisation in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1983 and its aims are to promote and to encourage the study and conservation of dragonflies and damselflies and their natural habitats, especially in the United Kingdom. The Society runs the Dragonfly Recording Network (DRN) to collect Odonata records in the UK. It also promotes a range of research and conservation projects. The British Dragonfly Society is a registered charity, number 800196.
History
The British Dragonfly Society is a conservation organisation in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1983 with the aim to promote and to encourage the study and conservation of dragonflies and damselflies and their natural habitats, especially in the United Kingdom.<ref name="BDS">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The British Dragonfly Society is a registered charity, number 800196.<ref>Template:EW charity</ref> As of 2024, the chair of trustees is Tim Coleshaw.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Activities
The Society runs the Dragonfly Recording Network (DRN) to collect Odonata records in the UK. It also promotes a range of research and conservation projects. In 2021 the Society released a report, State of Dragonflies in Britain and Ireland, analysing over 50 years' worth of recordings, comprising 1.4 million records, to report on the health of dragonfly populations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The report found that many dragonfly species were increasing in number, but some were found in reduced ranges, and there were six new established dragonfly species.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2024, the Society named Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve near Ely, in Cambridgeshire a national dragonfly hotspot.<ref name=":0" />