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The rediscovery of this species at Alvecote Pools in the north of
the county
by Brian Mitchell in 1992 after some 50 years absence was one of the
odonating
event of the 1990s for Warwickshire. Since Brian found it there have
been
regular sightings each year at Alvecote and it is now well established
there.
A second population was found at Stockton Quarry in 1999.
Breeding has been proved at both these sites. Both are
post-industrial brown-field sites. Such sites are important for
dragonflies and other wildlife in Warwickshire as elsewhere in Britain
and it is important to protect
them from development. An interesting observation is the difference in
quality of the water at these two sites. At Alvecote, unusually for
Warwickshire, the water is acidic, highly so in some pools. Stockton is
a limestone quarry.
An adult female was recorded at Kenilworth 31/5/2002.
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