Black Darter

This dragonfly is a male, as indicated by its terminal appendages.

I use an intersting site about dragonflies. http://odonata.bogfoot.net/photos-northwest.htm

found in my book 'sympetrum danae' male can be as black as this one. and the region is norway/finland/sweden/north europe/ GB... it likes acidic waters, such as bogs. But it also loves dried ponds and ditches.

This dragonfly looks like a teneral, since dragonflies usually perch with their wings spread. Did you see the evuvia (cast skin) from which the dragonfly emerged? Wish I could help with identification of the species!