The brown hawker (Aeshna grandis) is a large unmistakeable hawker dragonfly with brown body and brown wings. The abdomen has blue spots down the side and yellow marks on the dorsal face from segments 2-8. The female body is brown but the spots on the side of the abdomen are yellow. It breeds in virtually any slow moving or still water like ponds, lakes, gravel pits, marshes and reedbeds. It is common in eastern and central Europe.
