White-faced Darter

Leucorrhinia dubia

Re-introduction and introduction projects. Much of its historic southerly range no longer contains suitable habitat and will be hard to reestablish in the long term due to the pressures of climate change. Re-introduction at northern historic sites and introduction to novel northern sites are more likely to be successful in the long term. Wetlands within large areas of suitable habitat and multiple potential breeding pools (or the potential for habitat creation) are the preferred re-introduction/introduction sites. Use examples of previous successful projects (Fowlshaw Moss and Drumburgh Moss ), as well as NE guidance and government guidelines to develop the methodology. Monitoring of donor and translocation sites is required under government guidelines and will be used to judge success.

Carry out habitat creation in and around existing sites. This includes creating stepping stones of breeding pools and performing heathland restoration including tree and scrub clearance, and seeding and introduction of bog vegetation spp., such as Sphagnum cuspidatum. Existing monitoring projects should be adapted to assess the success of habitat creation.

Enhance habitat on sites to encourage population growth. This includes: creating new pools for breeding, improving water retention on-site through ditch blocking, tree clearance to improve connectivity between potential breeding pools, clearance of encroaching scrub, and increasing heather coverage through seeding. Sites' existing species monitoring projects can be used to assess success.

This species would benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Local species recorders

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.

Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union.