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...

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...

Not too far from Wheelers Bay is Bonchurch Down , well known for its downland butterflies.This south facing Down has a good population of A...

Red Valerian is known by numerous other names one of which is Devil's Beard.So on a long overdue visit ot Wheelers Bay yesterday it was...

That prolonged spell of cold and windy weather has seemingly passed and we are now enjoying very warm sunshine and light breezes.Needless t...

Today the first adult Glanville Fritillary was seen here on the Isle of Wight at Wheelers Bay.Seemingly an early date for the first emergen...

The weather remains settled with plenty of sunshine.However at Wheelers Bay today that persistent easterly breeze prevented many butterflie...

A long overdue visit to Wheelers Bay at Bonchurch yesterday discovered  some late summer colour behind the revetment at the base of the cli...

The prospect of a warm and sunny spring day encouraged me to visit a few of my favourite locations on the Island.First stop the National Tr...

Following several days of gale force winds along our Island coast,today we had just a lively breeze with plenty of sunshine.An ideal opport...

The sunny weather is still here and a visit to Wheelers Bay was a must today.The brisk breeze of the morning abated in the afternoon warm...

Temperatures rose to their highest of the year so far today and a visit to Wheelers Bay at Bonchurch resulted in two Clouded Yellow butterf...

Now that January is almost here again and perhaps the worst of our winter weather is yet to come I remember the month of January 2013 when ...