The recent settled warm and sunny weather has spurred on the emergence of our summer butterflies. A very common but nevertheless welcome sig...

It was a very sunny and bright start to the day but by the time I dropped into Whiteways NT carpark at  0945 this morning the dark clouds ha...

I was hopeful of seeing more summer butterflies at Bouldnor Forest yesterday,but as the weather has been so changeable throughout June I wa...

Today on the landslip beneath the coastal cliffs along the south west shore of the Isle of Wight there was a good selection of late summer...

On my trips to the hills of Lefkada in late May and early June, I have always encountered two particular species of Hairstreak both nectari...

With the season generally over two weeks early this year I made a first visit to West High Down in the hope of seeing a Chalk-hill Blue.I h...

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...

The Glanville Fritillary flight season is not all over as the title may suggest but they are all over our coastal cliffs.So it seemed toda...

In the UK the Glanville Fritillary is only resident on the Isle of  Wight.Therefore that makes it a very special butterfly to us here on th...