Walking around my local copse this morning on a very sunny and warm start to the day when I saw a solitary male Silver-washed Fritillary on...

  Now that summer is almost upon us the first of the 'summer' butterflies are appearing.That means the Meadow Brown is now on the w...

The Glanville Fritillary flight season is not all over as the title may suggest but they are all over our coastal cliffs.So it seemed toda...

I have been struggling to find newly emerging species so far this year although many have been  reported in Southern England and on the Isl...

The common butterflies of Lefkada are always a treat to see although numbers of particular species seem to vary from year to year.Several s...

A favourite Greek Island of mine and a visit at this time of year is perfect to enjoy what Lefkada has to offer in the way of butterflies...

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...

A good selection of butterflies today at my local copse,all enjoying the spring flowers.Very belatedly I have seen an Orange Tip for the fi...

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 first adult Glanville Fritillary butterfly of 2015 was seen on the Isle of Wight yesterday, the 4th May and hopefully during this month...

Now that May is here new species are appearing at a fast rate and today at Whiteways a Brown Argus made a first showing.

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...