Dragonflies and damselflies
Libellulidae
Broad-bodied Chaser
Libellula depressa
Linnaeus, 1758
National assessment
Occurrences
964 since 2000
1,275 all time
Occupied 1 km squares
209 since 2000
260 all time
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Occurrence since 1950
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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.
British Dragonfly Society Recording Scheme. Dragonfly records from the British Dragonfly Society Recording Scheme. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
Environment Agency. Biosys Extract - Central, East, North Lincolnshire and Welland Sub-catchments 2005-2015 (INVERT). Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.
Environment Agency. Freshwater river macroinvertebrate surveys (Biosys). Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.
Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership.
Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership (now the GLNP).
Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union.
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Shire Group of Internal Drainage Boards. Shire Group IDB species data 2004 to present. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.