On the chalk downs that overlook our south-west coastal stretch there are several species of butterfly that find this habitat to their liki...

With the promise of a heatwave this week the weather today was warm and sunny,and just right to prepare us for soaring temperatures by Wedn...

Butterfly sightings were somewhat disappointing today along my local forest rides.Plenty of Meadow Browns and Speckled Woods but none of th...

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...