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...

There was a bevy of butterflies today at the National Trust Viewpoint carpark  overlooking Freshwater Bay. A first of the year sighting of a...

During a lunchtime walk along the slopes of Mottistone Down the most numerous butterfly was the Glanville Fritillary and a close second, the...

Despite the sun today, temperatures were disappointing with a persistent cold wind that has prevailed for over a month. However some butterf...

Butterfly sightings in the garden have been disappointing so far, with only several Small White and a passing Holly Blue.However, I have a ...

Today the sun struggled to shine but a walk along the wooded banks of Shalfleet Stream was rewarded with the display and heavy scent of wil...

The cold weather brought on by a persistent and brisk easterly wind last week has now gone and we are now enjoying sunny and warm days with...

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 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...

It was shirt sleeve weather today with temperatures topping 23 degrees celcius.At Walters Copse the trees and saplings are bursting into gr...

It has been a cloudy day and during a very brief brighter spell this afternoon a male Orange Tip floated into our garden on the lookout it ...

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 ...

Spring has now arrived and several newly emerged species are to be seen on the wing.It is always a treat to see the first Orange Tip and at...