The Migrant Hawker is a late season dragonfly, mostly active in September and is so named because they were once a non-resident of the UK, migrating here from Europe in occasional warm summers. When they mated and laid eggs here, the colony would usually last only a few years and would then die off, probably due to our cold winters, but now global warming has enabled them to breed here and continue successfully.

Surrey Thursley Common Nature Reserve Heathland Acid Bog Dragonfly Dragonflies Migrant Hawker Wildlife in England

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