With settled and warm weather a definite prospect for the next few days the season is well under way.Today the pyracantha bush in the garde...

At this time of year the cliffs on the Isle of Wight are carpeted in Thrift and these drifts of bright pink attract insects, in particular ...

With Adonis Blue already reported from several mainland locations,I decided to try my luck today on Bonchurch Down.The numbers of Adonis ha...

Following yesterdays report of the first Glanville Fritillary on the wing in 2017 I made the trip to the south of the Isle of Wight in the ...

Continued dry weather and a slight rise in temperatures together with some sunshine has led to an increase in butterfly activity.Yesterday ...

Temperatures have plummeted in the last day or so but at Whiteways the butterflies have kept active.The unique position of the site has all...

A visit to Whiteways this afternoon  rewarded me with at least four Small Blues frantically flying around between bouts of sunbathing on an...

It has been a cloudy day and during a very brief brighter spell this afternoon a male Orange Tip floated into our garden on the lookout it ...

Butterfly sightings and activity have slowed down over the last week or so, probably due to the cool weather.However the sun is still shini...

The first Orange Tip,a male, flew around my garden today.Most years I do not see this species in my garden until May, so much earlier than ...

Although the weather has been dry and mainly sunny since the unseasonably warm temperatures of last weekend,a nagging cold wind has seemed ...

The weather today had cooled due to a brisk wind and butterflies already recorded  at Whiteways Quarry were not to be seen.However a new sp...

As anticipated the first Grizzled Skipper made an appearance at Whiteways Quarry today and the Green Hairstreaks seem to have doubled their...