My first record of an Orange Tip this year was on the 29th April which is quite late. However numbers have now increased and I now expect to...

The month of  April was very dry with cold winds from the north and east and temperatures well below average for the time of year. However t...

Now that we are enjoying a period of settled sunny weather following the cold of early April, spring is now catching up with the new emergin...

The warm weather of early April gave way to a very cold north to north-east wind  resulting in low temperatures for the last week  or so and...

The south facing slopes of Bonchurch Down look out over the English Channel.The Down is well known for the Adonis Blue Butterfly as well as...

The first Orange Tip,a male, flew around my garden today.Most years I do not see this species in my garden until May, so much earlier than ...

We enjoyed above average temperatures yesterday on the Island and it was most likely the warmest day of the year so far.Therefore,I was not...

The caterpillars of our own Isle of Wight Glanville Fritillary have a lot to put up with.Their habitat is our coastal cliffs which bare the...

With a report of a probable second brood of  Small Blue at a nearby established colony a few days ago,I was at last able to take a look for...

On the Isle of Wight we can look forward to our own very special butterfly again this season when the Glanville Fritillary emerges at the ...

The recent history of the Large Tortoiseshell on the Isle of Wight is one of several sightings of individuals scattered around the Island m...

Unlike 2012 and 2013 which were highlighted by sightings of the Large Tortoiseshell at Walters Copse,Newtown, this year the butterfly was n...

The Hummingbird Hawkmoth is a summer visitor to the Isle of Wight.Most sightings are made during August and September although it is possib...

A surprise sighting yesterday at Shepherds Chine on the Islands' south west coast was a late Glanville Fritillary. The first sighting w...

I do not think that I have wandered along the revetment at Wheelers Bay since first seeing the Glanvilles at the end of April.So on a hot,s...

The end of April has finished with some perfect spring weather.This week has continued sunny and mild and as a result new butterfly sightin...