At this time of year all the butterflies on show are hibernators from last summer although it should not be too long before newly emerged i...

With the promise of rising temperatures over the next few days spring is almost here and  time to take a stroll through Walters Copse at Ne...

On the Isle of Wight we can look forward to our own very special butterfly again this season when the Glanville Fritillary emerges at the ...

A butterfly found mainly in the southern half of the UK but sadly not on the Isle of Wight is the Silver-studded Blue.The New Forest in par...

Spring is not too far away now and it will be hotly followed (hopefully) by early summer. Like me, a butterfly that enjoys the sun and warm...

The recent history of the Large Tortoiseshell on the Isle of Wight is one of several sightings of individuals scattered around the Island m...

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 ...

More commonly known as the Plain Tiger but also has the title of African Queen or African Monarch, as well as several others perhaps. It ...

Now that the winter is fast approaching my thoughts turn to next year and what I can look forward to seeing.Of course the first possible tr...

The UK has its own sub-species of Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio machaon britannicus,  which is only found in the fen land of Norflok So wh...

Unlike 2012 and 2013 which were highlighted by sightings of the Large Tortoiseshell at Walters Copse,Newtown, this year the butterfly was n...

Following the sighting of a second generation of White Admirals on the Isle of Wight earlier this month(see blog entry of the 15th Septembe...

After waiting all season to see my first Clouded Yellow,today on a beautiful sunny afternoon at Wheelers Bay,Bonchurch,there were four flyi...