A long overdue visit to Walters Copse at Newtown today was rewarded with a bevy of summer butterflies.At least six Silver-washed Fritillari...

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...

I must say that my spring sightings of newly emerged butterflies have been poor so far with just a couple of Small Whites to date.However a...

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...

With the promise of rising temperatures over the next few days spring is almost here and  time to take a stroll through Walters Copse at Ne...

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

More commonly known as the Plain Tiger but also has the title of African Queen or African Monarch, as well as several others perhaps. It ...

A beautiful calm  and warm afternoon at Walters Copse,Newtown, and among the usual late summer butterflies were three White Admirals.This s...

This National Trust copse  at Newtown village boasts a good selection of  flora and fauna and I took an extended wander through it today. ...

Despite the continued sunny weather the feel of autumn is now about and the count of butterflies has fallen.A walk along the hedgerows at N...

It has been over five months since I last saw a Painted Lady when on a spring like day at Wheelers Bay I saw three of them were feeding on ...

This time last year we were enjoying a period of rather dry weather with very mild temperatures.As a result butterfly emergences began earl...