After several visits to the Greek Islands and encountering the butterflies that are in the vicinity of our holiday homes,I have learnt to b...

With very recent reports of a second generation  of Small Blues on the mainland,I was very pleased to see several  at Whiteways Quarry toda...

The White-letter Hairstreak colony discovered last year on a disease resistant elm in Newport is still going strong. The first individual w...

This typical British 'on-off' summer  is perhaps on again, with my first sighting of a Chalk-hill Blue on West High Down today.In f...

While in my local copse today I encountered this Meadow Brown aberration.Funnily enough it was in the exact same location as another simila...

Three first of the year sightings were made yesterday.On West High Down the Dark Green Fritillaries are on the wing and flying at great spe...

Two target species today were the White Admiral and the Marbled White.The former had already been seen in Bouldnor Forest a few days ago al...

Following the brief sighting of a Silver-washed Fritillary at Bouldnor Forest yesterday, I decided to have another attempt to get a better ...

The weather continues to remain unsettled and today on the Isle of Wight it was generally cloudy with brief sunny spells and a brisk wind. ...

Find an olive grove carpeted in wildflowers on any Greek Island  and it is certain that a good selection of butterflies will be encountered...

At this time in the season a walk up to West High Down via a bridleway can be a chance to see the first Dark Green Fritillaries of the year...

Although butterfly friendly plants were very limited in the extensive garden of our holiday villa on the Greek Island of Lefkada last week,...

Or sometimes Pelargonium Pest as the Geranium Bronze butterfly is native of South Africa and has an attraction to this plant either cultiva...