Quite a common butterfly on Isle of Wight downland is the Dark Green Fritillary.It is also found in our woodlands too.One of the areas I li...

This National Trust copse  at Newtown village boasts a good selection of  flora and fauna and I took an extended wander through it today. ...

After seeing a first of the season Small Skipper last week,today while walking along the cliff top at Whale Chine I came across another mal...

We are enjoying a settled period of hot, early summer weather and butterflies are certainly responding to the conditions by emerging a litt...

I do not think that I have wandered along the revetment at Wheelers Bay since first seeing the Glanvilles at the end of April.So on a hot,s...

A quick visit to Walters Copse today in the hope of seeing some new species for this year. It was a very sunny late morning with a light br...

Hearing that a Silver-washed Fritillary had been spotted  in Bouldnor Forest,Yarmouth yesterday  I was hopeful for  a sight of one when I a...

While visiting a local area of marshland yesterday I came across a nest of Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars on a Water Dropwort plant.Alway...

To the north of the village of Niton are the hamlets of Southford and Roud and between them flows the River Yar which at this point is no m...

There are butterflies that can no longer be seen on the Isle of Wight and the Marsh Fritillary is one of them..As a breeding species it dis...

It seems the summer migration has begun now that southerly winds have persisted.Over the last few days reports of Painted Lady butterflies ...

Over the last several weeks Holly Blues have been coming and going across my garden.Seemingly always in a hurry none has really settled lon...

A quick look at Whiteways Quarry today and a good selection of butterflies.Now several Brown Argus together with Small Blue,Dingy & Gri...