The Phlomis plant in our garden at Freshwater has always been popular with white butterflies and today it was host to my first Small White o...

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

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...

The last several days have continued to be cold for this time of the year.However new emergent and old overwintering butterflies are appear...

In Bouldnor Forest there is a collection of scrape-like ponds which are a remnant of oil exploration.They have become home for several spec...

Spring it seems has finally arrived and in the garden a first of the year Small White. A visit to my local copse was rewarded with another ...

It was a lovely sunny spring afternoon although the butterflies did not seem to be much in evidence during my walk in Walters Copse at Newt...

The site of  ancient Rome's chariot racing stadium,Circus Maximus is in the centre of the city between the Palatine and Aventine Hills....

With autumn here any nectar rich flowering plants in the garden are now attracting butterflies. Along with the reliable Red Admiral. I am s...

A morning visit to Whiteways Quarry did not discover any new emergent butterflies today.The lone Grizzled Skipper should very soon be joine...

Following a wet and windy night, today dawned with clear skies and it was not long before the sun shone in a blue sky.Not surprisingly then...

This Small White has fallen prey to a Crab Spider.There is just one species of this spider in the UK apparently belonging the genus Misumen...

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...

Maybe due to the prolonged summer weather we have enjoyed over the last two months,the drifts of fleabane are extensive in our local hedger...