Now that the Buddleia Bush in my garden is in full flower there is always a good chance that one of the first to feed on the nectar will be ...

With the first appearance of the Green Hairstreak at Whiteway's on the 23rd of this month,I would have expected to see other spring spec...

Following a short cold snap,today's sunshine and mild temperature encouraged me to pay a second visit of the year to Bouldnor Forest. Im...

It is always a treat to see a Small Tortoiseshell at this time of the year and yesterday  this individual appeared in my garden to enjoy the...

 My first butterfly sighting of the year  was a Red Admiral that I disturbed while it was enjoying the sunshine in my garden yesterday. A fi...

Although not as warm as the last few days, it was nevertheless a lovely early spring day and the butterflies responded to the sunshine at Bo...

Further to my recent post on our garden buddleia bush,it is still attracting the butterflies and today another Dark Green Fritillary flew i...

Although not my favourite garden shrub,Buddleia is a must for attracting butterflies and other insects.The plant in our garden has now been...

It looks as though the 2020 season will be confined to garden sightings due of course, to the Coronavirus pandemic.The recent weather has b...

Today we enjoyed  the first true spring day of the year with plenty of warm sunshine, and the butterflies certainly responded. A first Brim...

I could not ignore the well publicised influx of Painted Ladies to our shores since May.Now at the start of August, many newly emerged offs...

With the spring weather warming up over the last few days and set to continue,I was very hopeful of seeing the first newly emerged butterfl...

The very mild weather continues and temperatures reached nearly 20 Celsius today.A first trip of the year to Walters Copse,Newtown owned by...

With the prospect of yet more cold weather on the way this week,today was perhaps only the second springlike day of the year.This sunny and...

A soggy walk through my local copse today produced my first butterflies of the season.The cold wind had abated and the sun was shining with...

A further visit to Walters Copse today saw an increase in butterfly sightings compared with a fortnight ago despite a brisk easterly wind.H...

it was a case of sunny intervals this morning when I visited my local copse.However when the sun did shine it was pleasantly warm and it en...

Although I have already seen a  Red Admiral this year on the 25th February,today was the first time that the butteflies were around in numb...

At this time of year all the butterflies on show are hibernators from last summer although it should not be too long before newly emerged i...