My first butterfly sighting of the year  was a Red Admiral that I disturbed while it was enjoying the sunshine in my garden yesterday. A fi...

Today we enjoyed  the first true spring day of the year with plenty of warm sunshine, and the butterflies certainly responded. A first Brim...

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...

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

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 ...

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...

A soggy walk through my local copse today produced my first butterflies of the season.The cold wind had abated and the sun was shining with...

There were a prolific number of butterflies at Walters Copse today.The most impressive were the Silver-washed Fritillaries and the White Ad...

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...

A further visit to Walters Copse today saw an increase in butterfly sightings compared with a fortnight ago despite a brisk easterly wind.H...

While in my local copse today I encountered this Meadow Brown aberration.Funnily enough it was in the exact same location as another simila...

Three first of the year sightings were made yesterday.On West High Down the Dark Green Fritillaries are on the wing and flying at great spe...

It was a sultry afternoon at Walters Copse yesterday.Fortunately the thunderstorms had not yet  rumbled by and I was treated to some hazy s...

it was a case of sunny intervals this morning when I visited my local copse.However when the sun did shine it was pleasantly warm and it en...

Although I have already seen a  Red Admiral this year on the 25th February,today was the first time that the butteflies were around in numb...