The Dingy Skipper is our second spring skipper and I saw this one at Whiteways today.It is often seen in the company of the Grizzled Skippe...

New species seem to be emerging at a fast rate now as the warm weather continues.A visit to Whiteways this afternoon produced several Green...

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...

Despite a stiff wind today the sun was shining and another new species was added to my springtime list at Whiteways Quarry.A pristine S...

After the emergence of the first Grizzled Skipper at Whiteways last Tuesday,today it was the turn of the Green Hairstreak to make its appear...

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...

Once most of the lingering sea mist and fog had dispersed today I made a visit to Whiteways Quarry overlooking Freshwater Bay which is an ...

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...

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...