The well established and substantial Lavender Bush in my front garden is a magnet for bees and also several species of butterfly at this tim...

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 ...

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

For the third day in a row I have been fortunate enough to encounter a Painted Lady. Today this individual pictured below visited the flower...

Very pleased to see a Painted Lady this afternoon in my garden at Freshwater. It was feverishly nectaring on some Camassia flowers and then ...

The first Painted Lady to appear in my garden was two weeks ago, which coincided with the first flowers on the Buddleia bush.It is always a ...

Although not as memorable as the species in my last post a good number of  butterflies have visited my garden this summer, attracted mainly ...

Today in Bouldnor Forest the butterflies were numerous in the bright but sometimes cloudy weather. Now that the Yellow Fleabane is in flower...

Perhaps the warmest day of the year so far and a Painted Lady was seen in my garden nectaring on our Wallflower 'Bowles Mauve'.Seems...

 Back in 2019 we enjoyed a Painted Lady invasion here on the Isle of Wight and all over the UK. Last year not one to be seen except on the v...

An opportunity to visit the Greek Island of Meganisi again this year could not be resisted, so last week I was able to stroll around the la...

Today's visit to Mottistone Down in search of downland butterflies was somewhat marred by a very brisk wind.Still,the sun was shining a...