Dragonfly (Odonata) species records up to 1997 held by Leicestershire Environmental Resources Centre

The records are up to 1997 inclusive and were used in the article "Odonata: A review of the current status of Leicestershire dragonflies" by John Kramer, Darwyn Sumner, Stephen Grover & Helen Ikin in the journal "Leicestershire Recorder" Number 2 Summer 1998, Leicestershire Museums, Arts & Records Service. This source basically includes all records for Leicestershire and Rutland which have been submitted to the record centre up to 1997, particularly from Rutland Natural History Society and Loughborough Naturalists Club. Species identifications and grid references were validated by these bodies and by LERC staff, and an audit trail was established to enable any subsequent queries to be followed up. Note that information on breeding status is also recorded in most cases and can be obtained from the record centre.