Norfolk Hawker (Aeshna isosceles)
‘Spare our jewelled East Anglian heritage’
The Norfolk Hawker is the jewel of the Broads. It's an iconic dragonfly because it’s success or failure is a marker for the wider success of conservation efforts to regenerate the Norfolk Broads.
The Norfolk Hawker is a very handsome dragonfly with a bold yellow triangular pattern on its abdomen, large gauzy wings and huge green eyes.
Although at the turn of the 20th century the Norfolk Broads and Cambridge Fens supported thriving populations, by the early 1980's populations had collapsed and it was almost extinct, unable to cope with the high levels of water pollution and habitat loss.
The good news is that a combination of habitat restoration, protection of grazing marshes, improvements in water quality and warm summers has allowed the Norfolk Hawker to survive, and there is now reasonable hope for its future. Your £12.00 donation will help us to work with our partners in Norfolk to make new, clean water habitats which will ensure this ethereal creature can return to many of it previous haunts.
The Give and Let Live Scheme is supported by our friends at Miller Philanthropy,
with additional thanks to Nick Roberts Design for the illustrations.
